Amos 3

¹Hear the word, that our Lord hath spoken upon you, ye children of Israel: upon all the kindred that I brought forth out of the Land of Ægypt, saying:

²Only you have I known of all the kindreds of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.

³Why shall two walk together, unless they be agreed?

⁴Will the lion roar in the forest, unless he have a prey? Will the lion's whelp give voice out of his den, unless he hath caught somewhat?

⁵Will the bird fall into the snare of the earth, without the fowler? Shall the snare be taken away from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?

⁶Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and will not the people be afraid? Shall there be evil in the city, which our Lord hath not done?

⁷Because our Lord God will not do a word, unless he have revealed his secret to his servants the Prophets.

⁸The lion shall roar, who will not fear? Our Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?

⁹Make it heard in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the Land of Ægypt, and say: Gather ye together upon the mountains of the Samaria, and see the many madnesses in the midst thereof, and them that suffer calumny in the inner parts thereof.

¹⁰And they have not known to do right, saith our Lord, treasuring up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.

¹¹Therefore thus saith our Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, & compassed about, and thy strength shall be plucked away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.

¹²Thus saith our Lord: As if a Pastor should get out of the lion's mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel, that dwell in Samaria, be delivered, in the plague of the bed, and in the couch of Damascus.

¹³Hear ye, and contest in the house of Jacob, saith our Lord the God of hosts:

¹⁴That in the day when I shall begin to visit the prevarications of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.

¹⁵And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be dissipated, saith our Lord.