Amos 3 p Hear this word which the Lord hath spoken against you, O house of Israel! J Yes, against every tribe which I brought out of the land of Egypt, saying,

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ [p] Hear this word which the Lord hath spoken against you, O house of Israel! [J] Yes, against every tribe which I brought out of the land of Egypt, saying, ² "Of all the tribes of the earth, I acknowledge none but you. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins. ³ [p] Will two walk together continually unless they agree? ⁴ Will a lion roar from his forest when he hath no prey? Will a young lion utter a continued roar from his den unless he be tearing something? ⁵ Will a bird fall on the ground unless he be shot? Will a gin on the ground be loosened, unless something be caught? ⁶ Shall a trumpet sound in a city and the people not be alarmed? Can there be in a city a calamity which the Lord hath not inflicted? ⁷ Seeing the Lord will not do any thing without giving warning to his servants; ⁸ shall a lion roar and none be struck with dread? Hath the Lord spoken and will none prophesy? ⁹ Make proclamation in the provinces of Assyria, and in the regions of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see many wonderful things in the midst thereof, and the cruel oppression which is in it. ¹⁰ Now did she not know things which will be before her? Saith the Lord. They are treasuring up injustice and misery in their countries. ¹¹ Therefore, thus saith the Lord God, "Tyre is all around. Thy land shall be wasted." He will break thy power and thy regions shall be ravaged. ¹² Thus saith the Lord, "As when a shepherd snatcheth from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be snatched, who dwell in Samaria over against that tribe and in Damascus." ¹³ Hear ye priests, and testify to the house of Israel, saith the Lord Almighty, ¹⁴ That on the day when I punish Israel for his impieties, I will execute vengeance also on the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. ¹⁵ I will confound and smite the turretted house over the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish; and many other houses shall perish with them, saith the Lord.