Noyes - Amos - 3

3:1  Hear these words, which Jehovah speaketh against you, ye sons of Israel; Against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt!

3:2  You only have I known of all the families of the earth; Therefore will I punish you for all your iniquities.

3:3  Can two walk together, Unless they agree together?

3:4  Will the lion roar in the forest, When he seeth no prey? Will the young lion cry aloud from his den, If he have seized nothing?

3:5  Can a bird fall into a snare upon the earth, Where none is set for him? Will a snare spring up from the ground, When it hath caught nothing?

3:6  Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, And the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil upon a city, And Jehovah not have done it?

3:7  Surely the Lord Jehovah doeth nothing, But he revealeth his secret To his servants the prophets.

3:8  When the lion roareth, who will not fear? When the Lord Jehovah speaketh, who will not prophesy?

3:9  Proclaim ye, in the palaces in Ashdod, And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, And say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria; Behold the great tumults in the midst of her, And the oppressions within her!

3:10  For they have no care to do right, saith Jehovah; They treasure up rapine and robbery in their palaces.

3:11  Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An enemy shall encompass the land. And shall bring down thy strength from thee, And thy palaces shall be plundered.

3:12  Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd taketh out of the lion’s mouth Two legs, or a portion of an ear, So shall the children of Israel be taken out, Who in Samaria sit in the corners of their sofas, And upon their damask couches.

3:13  Hear ye, and testify to the house of Jacob, Saith the Lord, Jehovah, God of hosts!

3:14  In the day when I punish the transgressions of Israel, Then will I punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar shall be cut off, And fall to the ground.

3:15  and I will smite the winter-house together with the summer-house, And the houses of ivory shall be destroyed, And the great houses shall be brought to the ground, saith Jehovah.