Amos 3 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ Hear this word that יהוה  has spoken against you, O children of Yisra’ĕ

² “You alone have I known of all the clans of the earth, therefore I punish you for all your crookednesses.”

³ Would two walk together, without having met?

⁴ Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion give forth his voice out of his den unless he has caught?

⁵ Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the earth, if it has not captured prey?

⁶ If a ram’s horn is blown in a city, do the people not tremble? If there is calamity in a city, shall not יהוה  have done it?

⁷ For the Master יהוה  does no matter unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.

⁸ A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The Master יהוה  has spoken! Who would not prophesy?

⁹ “Cry out at the palaces in Ashdoḏ

¹⁰ ‘But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”

¹¹ Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “An enemy, even all around the land! And he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.”

¹² Thus said יהוה, “As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so are the children of Yisra’ĕ

¹³ “Hear and witness against the house of Yaʽ

¹⁴ “For in the day I visit Yisra’ĕ

¹⁵ “And I shall smite the winter house along with the summer house. And the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall be swept away,” declares יהוה.