Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Yisra᾽el, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Miżrayim, saying,

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Can two walk together, unless they be agreed?

will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has taken nothing?

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it? does a snare spring up from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Shall a shofar be sounded in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and the Lord has not done it?

Surely the Lord God will do nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.

The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord God has spoken, who can but prophesy?

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Miżrayim, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Shomeron, and behold the great tumults within her, and the oppressed in her midst.

For they know not to do right, says the Lord, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Therefore thus says the Lord God; An adversary there shall be and shall surround the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

Thus says the Lord; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Yisra᾽el that dwell in Shomeron, escape with the corner of a bed, and the corner of a couch.

Hear, and testify in the house of Ya῾aqov, says the Lord God, the God of hosts,

that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Yisra᾽el upon him I will also punish the altars of Bet-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

And I will smite the winter house and the summer house together; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, says the Lord.