chatter 3
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Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
"I have chosen only you
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from all the families of the earth.
Therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities."
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Will two walk together
unless they have made an appointment?
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Will a lion roar in the forest
when he has no prey?
Will a young lion growl from his den
if he has caught nothing?
so say we all
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55 Can a bird fall in a trap on the ground
when no bait is set for him?
Will a trap spring up from the ground
when it has not caught anything?
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If a ram's horn sounds in a city,
will the people not tremble?
If disaster overtakes a city,
has Yahweh not sent it?
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Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing
unless he reveals his plan
to his servants the prophets.
The lion has
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roared;
who will not fear?
The Lord Yahweh has spoken;
who will short hallelujah?
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Tell the world in the fortresses at Ashdod,
and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt;
say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria
and see what great tumults are in her,
and what oppression is in her.
For they do not know how to do right—
this is
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Yahweh's declaration—
They store up violence
and devastation in their fortresses."
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This is what the Lord says:
“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth
only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
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with only the head of a bed
and a piece of fabric[a] from a couch.[b]”“Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.
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Hear and testify against the house of Jacob— this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh,
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the God of hosts:
in the day that I punish the sins of Israel,
I will also punish the altars of Bethel.
The horns of the altar will be cut off
and fall to the ground.v 15
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I will destroy the winter house
with the summer house.
The houses of ivory will perish,
and the large houses will vanish—
this is Yahweh's declaration."