Berean Standard Bible
- 1 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
- 2 "Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities."
- 3 Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
- 4 Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
- 5 Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
- 6 If a ram's horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not Yahweh caused it?
- 7 Surely the Lord Yahweh does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- 8 The lion has roared-who will not fear? The Lord Yahweh has spoken-who will not prophesy?
- 9 Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: "Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst."
- 10 "For they know not how to do right," declares Yahweh. "They store up violence and destruction in their citadels."
- 11 Therefore this is what the Lord Yahweh says: "An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels."
- 12 This is what Yahweh says: "As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
- 13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord Yahweh, the God of Hosts.
- 14 On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
- 15 I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end," declares Yahweh.
