1. Listen to the word which the Lord has spoken about you, sons of Israel, concerning the whole family that I led out of the land of Egypt, saying:
2. I have known only you in such a way, out of all the families of the earth. For this reason, I will visit upon you all your iniquities.
3. Will two walk together, unless they have agreed to do so?
4. Will a lion roar in the forest, unless he has prey? Will the lion's young cry out from his den, unless he has taken something?
5. Will a bird fall into a snare on the ground, if there is no bird-catcher? Will a snare be taken away from the ground, before it has caught something?
6. Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?
7. For the Lord God does not fulfill his word, unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.
8. The lion will roar, who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken, who will not prophesy?
9. Let it be heard in the buildings of Ashdod and in the buildings of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather together across the mountains of Samaria, and see the many absurdities in its midst, and those who are suffering false accusations in its inner most places.
10. And they do not know how to make it right, says the Lord, storing up iniquity and plunder in their buildings.