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Amos, Chapter 3
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Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children
of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land
of Egypt, saying,
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You only have I known of all the families of the
earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
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Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
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Will a lionroar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of
his den, if he have taken nothing?
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Can a bird fall in a snare
upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare
from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
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Shall a trumpet be
blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil
in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
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Surely the Lord GOD
will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the
prophets.
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The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,
who can but prophesy?
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in
the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon
the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst
thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
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For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up
violence and robbery in their palaces.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be
even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from
thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
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Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of
the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of
Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and
in Damascus in a couch.
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Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD,
the God of hosts,
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That in the day that I shall visit the
transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of
Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the
ground.
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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 the LORD.
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