Amos 3
1 Hear this
word that the
LORD hath
spoken against you, O
children of
Israel, against the whole
family which I brought
up from the
land of
Egypt, saying,
2 You only have I
known of all the
families of the
earth: therefore I will
punish you for all your
iniquities. 3 Can
two walk together, except they be
agreed?
4 Will a
lion roar in the
forest, when he hath no
prey? will a young
lion cry
out of his
den, if he have
taken nothing? 5 Can a
bird fall in a
snare upon the
earth, where no
gin is for him? shall one take
up a
snare from the
earth, and have
taken nothing at
all?
6 Shall a
trumpet be
blown in the
city, and the
people not be
afraid? shall there be
evil in a
city, and the
LORD hath not
done it?
7 Surely the
Lord GOD will
do nothing, but he
revealeth his
secret unto his
servants the
prophets. 8 The
lion hath
roared, who will
not fear? the
Lord GOD hath
spoken, who can but
prophesy?
9 Publish in the
palaces at
Ashdod, and in the
palaces in the
land of
Egypt, and
say,
Assemble yourselves upon the
mountains of
Samaria, and
behold the
great tumults in the
midst thereof, and the
oppressed in the
midst thereof.
10 For they
know not to
do right, saith the
LORD, who
store up
violence and
robbery in their
palaces. 11 Therefore thus
saith the
Lord GOD; An
adversary there shall be even round
about the
land; and he shall bring
down thy
strength from thee, and thy
palaces shall be
spoiled.
12 Thus
saith the
LORD; As the
shepherd taketh
out of the
mouth of the
lion two legs, or a
piece of an
ear; so shall the
children of
Israel be taken
out that
dwell in
Samaria in the
corner of a
bed, and in
Damascus in a
couch. 13 Hear ye, and
testify in the
house of
Jacob, saith the
Lord GOD, the
God of
hosts, 14 That in the
day that I shall
visit the
transgressions of
Israel upon him I will also
visit the
altars of
Bethel: and the
horns of the
altar shall be cut
off, and
fall to the
ground. 15 And I will
smite the
winter house with the
summer house; and the
houses of
ivory shall
perish, and the
great houses shall have an
end,
saith the
LORD.