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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:
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Only you I have known of all families of the land, Therefore I charge on you all your iniquities .
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Do two walk together if they have not met?
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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 ?
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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?
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Is a trumpet blown in a city , And do people not tremble? Is there affliction in a city , And Jehovah hath not done [it]?
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For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets .
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A lion hath roared -- who doth not fear ? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken -- who doth not prophesy?
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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 .
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And they have not known to act straightforwardly, An affirmation of Jehovah , Who are treasuring up violence and spoil in their palaces .
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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 .
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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.
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Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob , An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah , God of Hosts.
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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 .
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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 !