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[1]Hear this word that 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
[2]You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
[3]Will two walk together, except they have agreed?
[4]Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
[5]Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?
[6]Shall the horn be blown in a city, and the people not tremble? Shall evil befall a city, and 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath not done it?
[7]For the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will do nothing, but He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
[8]The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
[9]Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, and upon the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great confusions therein, and the oppressions in the midst thereof.'
[10]For they know not to do right, saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
[11]Therefore thus saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: An adversary, even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
[12]Thus saith 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel that dwell in Samaria escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.
[13]Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, the God of hosts.
[14]For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, 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 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
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