Amos 3

3 ¹ Hear this word our Father has spoken against you, children of Israel — against the whole family I brought up from Egypt:

² Of all the families of the earth, I have known only you; therefore I will hold you accountable for all your iniquities.

³ Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? ⁴ Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den if he has caught nothing? ⁵ Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the earth when it has caught nothing? ⁶ If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If disaster comes to a city, has our Father not done it? ⁷ Surely the Sovereign Father does nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. ⁸ The lion has roared — who will not fear? The Sovereign Father has spoken — who can keep from prophesying?

⁹ Proclaim over the strongholds in Ashdod and over the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say: "Assemble on the mountains of Samaria and see the great uproar within her, and the oppression in her midst." ¹⁰ They do not know how to do right, declares our Father — those who hoard up violence and plunder in their strongholds.

¹¹ So the Sovereign Father says: An enemy will surround the land, topple your defenses, and loot your strongholds.

¹² This is what our Father says: As a shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion's mouth, so Israel's children living in Samaria will be rescued — with a corner of a couch, part of a bed. ¹³ Hear, and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Sovereign Father, the Father of heaven's armies: ¹⁴ On the day I punish Israel for his transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. ¹⁵ I will strike the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will come to an end, declares our Father.