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Amos
Chapter
03
1-2``
'Hear, listen and obey' {shama`}
his
word/'doctrinal communication' {dabar}
that
Jehovah/God has spoken concerning you,
O
children of Israel,
concerning
the whole family
that
I {God} brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, 2``
"You
alone have I singled out
of
all the families of the earth
that
is why I will call you to account for all your iniquities.
3`` Can two walk together, without having met?
4``Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does
a great beast let out a cry from its den
without
having made a capture?
5``Does
a bird drop on the ground - in a trap -
with
no snare there?
Does
a trap spring up from the ground
unless
it has caught something?
6``
When a ram's horn/trumpet is sounded in a town,
do
the people not take alarm?
Can
misfortune come to a town
if
Jehovah/God has not done/
manufactured
it {`asah - from their evil}?
7``Indeed,
the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God will do nothing,
without
having revealed His purpose
to
His servants the prophets.
8`` A lion has roared, who can but fear?
The Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God has spoken, who can but prophesy?
9``Proclaim
in the fortresses of Ashdod,
and
in the fortresses of the land of Egypt, and say,
"Gather
on the hill of Samaria,
and
witness the great outrages within her
and
the oppression in her midst.
10`` They are incapable of doing right," said Jehovah/God.
They store up lawlessness and rapine in their fortresses.
11``Assuredly,
thus said the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God,
"An
enemy, all about the land!
He
shall strip you of your splendor,
and
your fortresses shall be plundered."
12``
Thus said Jehovah/God,
"As
a shepherd rescues from the lion's jaws
two
shank bones or the tip of an ear,
so
shall the Israelites escape
who
dwell in Samaria -
with
the leg of a bed or the head of a couch.
13``
'Hear, listen and obey' {shama`} {this},
and
warn the house of Jacob,"
said
the Lord/'Adonay Jehovah/God
the
'Elohiym/Godhead of the armies/hosts.
14``
"That when I punish Israel for its transgressions
I
will wreak judgment on the altars of Bethel
and
the horns of {each} altar shall be cut off,
and
shall fall to the ground.
15``I
will wreck the winter palace
together
with the summer palace;
the
ivory palaces shall be demolished,
and
the great houses shall be destroyed," said Jehovah/God.
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