Amos 3

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¹ 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 ⚑

² You only have I known of all the families of the earth therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities ⚑

⁴ Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey will a young lion cry out of his den if he have taken nothing ⚑

⁵ 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 ⚑

⁶ 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 ⚑

⁸ The lion hath roared who will not fear the Lord GOD hath spoken who can but prophesy ⚑

⁹ 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 ⚑

¹⁰ For they know not to do right saith the LORD who store up violence and robbery in their palaces ⚑

¹¹ 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 ⚑

¹² 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 ⚑

¹⁴ That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground ⚑

¹⁵ 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain