1. Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2. You alone have I knownof all the families of the earth;therefore I will punish youfor all your iniquities.
3. Do two people walk together,if they have not agreed?
4. Does a lion roar in the forest,if it has no prey?Does a young lion cry out from its den,if it has not caught something?
5. Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground,if there was no snare for it?Does a trap spring up from the ground,if it has not caught something?
6. If the trumpet blasts in the city,are not the people frightened?If there is disaster against a city,is it not the Lord who has done it?
7. Surely the Lord God does nothingwithout revealing His purposeto His servants the prophets.
8. The lion has roared;who will not fear?The Lord God has spoken;who can but prophesy?
9. Proclaim to the fortresses in Ashdod,and the fortresses in the land of Egypt, and say:“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,and see the great disorders within her,and the oppression in her midst.”