Amos 3

1. “Listen to this word which Adonai has spoken against you, people of Isra’el, against the entire family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:

2. “Of all the families on earth, 2 only you have I intimately known. 2 This is why I will punish you 2 for all your crimes.”

3. Do two people travel together 3 without having so agreed?

4. Does a lion roar in the forest 4 when it has no prey? 4 Does a young lion growl in his lair 4 if it has caught nothing?

5. Does a bird get caught in a trap on the ground 5 if it hasn’t been baited? 5 Does a trap spring up from the ground 5 when it has taken nothing?

6. When the shofar is blown in the city, 6 don’t the people tremble? 6 Can disaster befall a city 6 without Adonai’s having done it?

7. Adonai, God, does nothing without 7 revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

8. The lion has roared. Who will not fear? 8 Adonai, God, has spoken. Who will not prophesy?

9. “Proclaim it on the palaces in Ashdod 9 and on the palaces in the land of Egypt; say: 9 ‘Assemble yourselves on the hills of Shomron! 9 See what great tumult is seething within it, 9 how much oppression is being done there.’

10. For they don’t know how to do right,” says Adonai. 10 “They store up violence and robbery in their palaces.”

11. Therefore, here is what Adonai Elohim says: 11 “An enemy will surround the land. 11 He will strip you of your strength, 11 and plunder your palaces.”

12. This is what Adonai says:

13. “As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion 13 a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear; 13 so the people of Isra’el in Shomron will be rescued, 13 huddled under cushions in the corners of their beds. 13 “Hear, and testify against the house of Ya‘akov,” 13 says Adonai Elohim Elohei-Tzva’ot.

14. “For when I punish Isra’el’s crimes, 14 I will also punish the altars of Beit-El. 14 The horns of the altar will be cut off, 14 and they will fall to the ground.

15. I will tear down winter houses 15 as well as summer houses; 15 houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed; 15 the mansions will be no more,” says Adonai.