Book of Amos, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of Amos
of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will punish you
for all your iniquities.
unless they have made an appointment?
when he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out from his den,
if he has taken nothing?
when there is no trap for it?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
when it has taken nothing?
and the people are not afraid?
Does evil befall a city,
unless the LORD has done it?
without revealing his secret
to his servants the prophets.
who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken;
who can but prophesy?”
and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt,
and say, “Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samar′ia,
and see the great tumults within her,
and the oppressions in her midst.”
“those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.”
¶ “An adversary shall surround the land,
and bring down your defenses from you,
and your strongholds shall be plundered.”
says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
I will punish the altars of Bethel,
and the horns of the altar shall be cut off
and fall to the ground.
and the houses of ivory shall perish,
and the great houses[c] shall come to an end,”
says the LORD.FOOTNOTES
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