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Chapter 3
II.
ISRAEL WARNED AND THREATENED
Election and punishment
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Listen, sons of Israel, to this oracle Yahweh speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:
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You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged, therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.
The prophetic call cannot be resisted
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Do two men take the road together if they have not planned to do so?
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Does the lion roar in the jungle if no prey has been found? Does the young lion growl in his lair if he has captured nothing?
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Does the bird fall to the ground if no trap has been set? Does the snare spring up from the ground if nothing has been caught?
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Does the trumpet sound in the city without the populace becoming alarmed? Does misfortune come to a city if Yahweh has not sent it?
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No more does the Lord Yahweh do anything without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.
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The lion roars: who can help feeling afraid? The Lord Yahweh speaks: who can refuse to prophesy?
Samaria will perish for her corruption
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Proclaim it in the palaces of Assyria and in the palaces in the land of Egypt; saying, ‘Assemble on Samaria’s mountain and see what great disorder there is in that city, what oppression is found inside her’.
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They know nothing of fair dealing-it is Yahweh who speaks-they cram their palaces full by harshness and extortion.
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Therefore, the Lord Yahweh says this: An enemy[*a] is going to invade the country, your power will be brought low, your palaces looted.
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Yahweh says this: Like a shepherd rescuing a couple of legs or a bit of an ear from the lion’s mouth, so will these sons of Israel be rescued, who now loll in Samaria on the corner-pillows of their divans.
Against Bethel and domestic luxury
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Listen, and then testify it against the House of Jacob-it is the Lord Yahweh who speaks, the God of Sabaoth:
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On the day I punish Israel for his crimes I will punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar are going to be broken off and dropped on the ground.
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I mean to pull down both winter houses and summer houses, the houses of ivory will be destroyed, the houses of ebony will vanish. It is the Lord Yahweh who speaks.
Chapters of Amos
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