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| [1]Hear ye this word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: |
[1]Hear this word that the Lord pronounceth against you, O children of Israel, even against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, |
| [2]Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities. |
[2]You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit you for all your iniquities. |
| [3]Do two walk together if they have not met? |
[3]Can two walk together except they be agreed? |
| [4]Roar doth a lion in a forest and prey he hath none? Give out doth a young lion his voice from his habitation, If he hath not caught? |
[4]Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Or will a lion's whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? |
| [5]Doth a bird fall into a snare of the earth, And there is no gin for it? Doth a snare go up from the ground, And prey it captureth not? |
[5]Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no fowler is? Or will he take up the snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? |
| [6]Is a trumpet blown in a city, And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city, And Jehovah hath not done [it]? |
[6]Or shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people be not afraid? Or shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? |
| [7]For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets. |
[7]Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. |
| [8]A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy? |
[8]The lion hath roared: who will not be afraid? The Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophesy? |
| [9]Sound ye unto palaces in Ashdod, And to palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: Be ye gathered on mountains of Samaria, And see many troubles within her, And oppressed ones in her midst. |
[9]Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria: so behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. |
| [10]And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah, Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces. |
[10]For they know not to do right, saith the Lord: they store up violence, and robbery in their palaces. |
| [11]Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: An adversary -- and surrounding the land, And he hath brought down from thee thy strength, And spoiled have been thy palaces. |
[11]Therefore thus saith the Lord God, An adversary shall come even round about the country, and shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. |
| [12]Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch. |
[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, as in a couch. |
| [13]Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts. |
[13]Hear, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts. |
| [14]For in the day of My charging the transgressions of Israel on him, I have laid a charge on the altars of Beth-El, And cut off have been the horns of the altar, And they have fallen to the earth. |
[14]Surely in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the altar shall be broken off, and fall to the ground. |
| [15]And I have smitten the winter-house with the summer-house, And perished have houses of ivory, And consumed have been many houses, An affirmation of Jehovah! |
[15]And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall be consumed, saith the Lord. |