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3:1  People of Israel, I rescued you from Egypt. Now listen to my judgment against you.
3:2  Of all nations on earth, you are the only one I have chosen. That's why I will punish you because of your sins.
3:3  Can two people walk together without agreeing to meet?
3:4  Does a lion roar in the forest unless it has caught a victim? Does it growl in its den unless it is eating?
3:5  How can anyone catch a bird without using a net? Does a trap spring shut unless something is caught?
3:6  Isn't the whole city frightened when the trumpet signals an attack? Isn't the Lord the one who brings disaster on a city?
3:7  Whatever the Lord God plans to do, he tells his servants, the prophets.
3:8  Everyone is terrified when a lion roars— and ordinary people become prophets when the Lord God speaks.
3:9  Here is a message for the leaders of Philistia and Egypt— tell everyone to come together on the hills of Samaria. Let them see the injustice and the lawlessness in that city.
3:10  The Lord has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.
3:11  And so the Lord God has sworn that they will be surrounded. Enemies will break through their defenses and steal their treasures.
3:12  The Lord has promised that only a few from Samaria will escape with their lives and with some broken pieces of their beds and couches. It will be like when a shepherd rescues two leg bones and part of a sheep's ear from the jaws of a lion.
3:13  The Lord God All-Powerful told me to speak this message against Jacob's descendants:
3:14  When I, the Lord, punish Israel for their sins, I will destroy the altars at Bethel. Even the corners of the altar will be left in the dirt.
3:15  I will tear down winter homes and summer homes. Houses decorated with ivory and all other mansions will be gone forever. I, the Lord, have spoken!