1. Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2. “I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
3. Do two walk together without having met?
4. Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?