Book 17 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - AMOS - Chapter 003
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Hear this word that HaShem hath spoken against you, O
children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land
of Egypt, saying
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You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities
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Will two walk together, except they have agreed
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Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? Will
a young lion give forth his voice out of his den, if he have taken nothing
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Will a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where there is
no lure for it? Will a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing
at all
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Shall the horn be blown in a city, and the people not
tremble? Shall evil befall a city, and HaShem hath not done it
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For the L-rd GOD will do nothing, but He revealeth His
counsel unto His servants the prophets
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The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The L-rd GOD hath
spoken, who can but prophesy
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Proclaim it upon the palaces at Ashdod, and upon the
palaces in the land of Egypt, and say: 'Assemble yourselves upon the mountains
of Samaria, and behold the great confusions therein, and the oppressions in the
midst thereof.
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For they know not to do right, saith HaShem, who store up
violence and robbery in their palaces
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Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: An adversary, even
round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy
palaces shall be spoiled
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Thus saith HaShem: As the shepherd rescueth out of the
mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of
Israel that dwell in Samaria escape with the corner of a couch, and the leg of a
bed
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Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the
L-rd GOD, the G-d of hosts
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For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of
Israel upon him, I will also punish the altars of Beth-el, and the horns of the
altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground
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And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house;
and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,
saith HaShem
Book 17 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - AMOS - Chapter 003
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