1Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
Therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
Except they have agreed?
4Will a lion roar in the forest,
When he hath no prey?
Will a young lion give forth his voice out of his den,
If he have taken nothing?
5Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth,
Where there is no lure for it?
Will a snare spring up from the ground,
And have taken nothing at all?
6Shall the horn be blown in a city,
And the people not tremble?
Shall evil befall a city,
And the LORD hath not done it?
7For the Lord GOD will do nothing, But He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD hath spoken,
Who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod,
And upon the palaces in the land of Egypt,
And say: ‘Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria,
And behold the great confusions therein,
And the oppressions in the midst thereof.’
10For they know not to do right, saith the LORD,
Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
11Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD:
An adversary, even round about the land!
And he shall bring down thy strength from thee,
And thy palaces shall be spoiled.
12Thus saith the LORD:
Escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a bed.
Saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.
And fall to the ground.
