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Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, children of Israel , against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt , saying:
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"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins ."
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Do two walk together, unless they have agreed?
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Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
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Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth , where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground , when there is nothing to catch ?
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Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city , without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city , and Yahweh hasn't done it?
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Surely the Lord Yahweh will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets .
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The lion has roared. Who will not fear ? The Lord Yahweh has spoken . Who can but prophesy?
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Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt , and say , "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria , and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them."
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"Indeed they don't know to do right," says Yahweh , "Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces ."
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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh : "An adversary will overrun the land ; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered."
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Thus says Yahweh : "As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs , or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed."
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"Listen , and testify against the house of Jacob ," says the Lord Yahweh , the God of Armies .
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"For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel ; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground .
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I will strike the winter house with the summer house ; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end," says Yahweh .