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1 "Listen to this word which ADONAI has spoken against you, people of Isra'el, against the entire family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
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1 Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel--against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
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2 "Of all the families on earth, only you have I intimately known. This is why I will punish you for all your crimes."
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2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."
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3 Do two people travel together without having so agreed?
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3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?
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4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his lair if it has caught nothing?
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4 Does a lion roar in the thicket when he has no prey? Does he growl in his den when he has caught nothing?
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5 Does a bird get caught in a trap on the ground if it hasn't been baited? Does a trap spring up from the ground when it has taken nothing?
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5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground where no snare has been set? Does a trap spring up from the earth when there is nothing to catch?
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6 When the shofar is blown in the city, don't the people tremble? Can disaster befall a city without ADONAI's having done it?
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6 When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
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7 ADONAI, God, does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
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7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
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8 The lion has roared. Who will not fear? ADONAI, God, has spoken. Who will not prophesy?
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8 The lion has roared-- who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken-- who can but prophesy?
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9 "Proclaim it on the palaces in Ashdod and on the palaces in the land of Egypt; say: 'Assemble yourselves on the hills of Shomron! See what great tumult is seething within it, how much oppression is being done there.'
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9 Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people."
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10 For they don't know how to do right," says ADONAI. "They store up violence and robbery in their palaces."
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10 "They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who hoard plunder and loot in their fortresses."
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11 Therefore, here is what Adonai ELOHIM says: "An enemy will surround the land. He will strip you of your strength, and plunder your palaces."
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11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."
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12 This is what ADONAI says:
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12 This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd saves from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches."
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13 "As a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear; so the people of Isra'el in Shomron will be rescued, huddled under cushions in the corners of their beds. "Hear, and testify against the house of Ya'akov," says Adonai ELOHIM Elohei-Tzva'ot.
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13 "Hear this and testify against the house of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.
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14 "For when I punish Isra'el's crimes, I will also punish the altars of Beit-El. The horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
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14 "On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
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15 I will tear down winter houses as well as summer houses; houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed; the mansions will be no more," says ADONAI.
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15 I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished," declares the LORD.
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