1 Hear this word that YHWH has spoken against you⁺, O sons of Israel, against all the family that I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: VP
2 “Only you⁺ have I known from all of the families of the earth; upon thus I will visit punishment on you⁺ [for] all your⁺ iniquities.” VP
3 Can two walk together, unless they have agreed? VP
4 Does a lion roar in the forest and no prey [is] unto him? Does a young lion give forth his voice from his den, unless he has captured? VP
5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the earth and no snare [is] unto it? Does a trap spring up from the ground and it has captured no prey? VP
6 If a shofar is blown in the city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not YHWH sent it? VP
7 Surely the Lord YHWH will not do a thing, that unless He reveals His plan to His servants the prophets. VP
8 A lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord YHWH has spoken—who will not prophesy? VP
9 Let [it] be heard in the citadels of Ashdod, and in the citadels in the land of Egypt, and say: “Assemble [yourselves] on the mountains of Samaria, and see great tumults in her midst, and the oppressed among her.” VP
10 “And they know not to do right—” a declaration of YHWH “Those storing [up] violence and plunder in their palaces.” VP
11 Therefore, thus says the Lord YHWH: “An enemy will surround the land, and he will bring down from you your strongholds and plunder your citadels.” VP
12 Thus says YHWH: “As a shepherd delivers from the mouth of a lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so will be delivered the sons of Israel, those dwelling in Samaria, with the corner of a bed, or the cushion of a couch! VP
13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, a declaration of the Lord YHWH, the God of Hosts, VP
14 that on the day of my visiting punishment [for] the transgressions of Israel upon him, then will I visit punishment on the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground. VP
15 And I will destroy the house of winter with the house of summer, and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will be swept away,” a declaration of YHWH. VP