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3:1  O men of Israel, hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
3:2  Of all the families of the earth, you alone have I favored. That is why I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3:3  Do two people travel together unless they have first agreed to do so?
3:4  Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has caught something?
3:5  Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth unless a trap has been set for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground unless something has been caught in it?
3:6  Are people not alarmed if a trumpet sounds in the city? If disaster strikes a city, can that occur without the approval of the Lord?
3:7  Indeed, the Lord God does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.
3:8  The lion roars; who will not be frightened? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?
3:9  Proclaim this from the palaces of Ashdod and from the palaces of the land of Egypt: “Assemble on the hills of Samaria and observe the great disorders there, as well as the oppression in her midst.”
3:10  For they do not know how to do what is right, says the Lord, as they store up in their palaces their ill-gotten gains from violence and robbery.
3:11  Therefore, this is what the Lord God has to say: An enemy shall surround your land; he will tear down your strongholds and pillage your palaces.
3:12  The Lord says further: As the shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion two legs or the tip of an ear, so will the Israelites who live in Samaria be rescued with the corner of a couch or the edge of a cot.
3:13  Listen and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of hosts:
3:14  On the day when I punish Israel for its crimes, I will also deal with the altars of Bethel: the horns of the altar shall be hacked off and fall to the ground.
3:15  I shall destroy the winter house as well as the summer house. The houses of ivory will perish, and many mansions will be no more, says the Lord.