“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.” (Amos 3:1-15 AV)