3:1 Hear ye this word, O house of Israel,
which Yehovah has spoken concerning you, and against the whole family whom
I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
3:2 You especially have I known out of all the families of the earth:
therefore will I take vengeance upon you for all your sins.
3:3 Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?
3:4 Will a lion roar out of his thicket if he has no prey? will a [lion's]
whelp utter his voice at all out of his lair, if he have taken nothing?
3:5 Will a bird fall on the earth without a fowler? will a snare be taken up
from the earth without having taken anything?
3:6 Shall the trumpet sound in the city, and the people not be alarmed?
shall there be evil in a city which Yehovah has not wrought?
3:7 For Yehovah Elohim will do nothing, without revealing instruction to his
servants the prophets.
3:8 A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? Yehovah Elohim has spoken,
and who will not prophesy?
3:9 Proclaim it to the regions among the Assyrians, and to the regions of
Egypt, and say, Gather yourselves to the mountain of Samaria, and behold
many wonderful things in the midst of it, and the oppression that is in it.
3:10 And she knew not what things would come against her, saith Yehovah,
[even] those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
3:11 Therefore thus saith Yehovah Elohim; O Tyre, thy land shall be made
desolate round about [thee]; and he shall bring down thy strength out of
thee, and thy countries shall be spoiled.
3:12 Thus saith Yehovah; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a
lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of
Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of [a foreign] tribe, and in
Damascus.
3:13 Hear, O ye priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, saith Yehovah
Elohim Almighty.
3:14 For in the day wherein I shall take vengeance of the sins of Israel
upon him, I will also take vengeance on the altars of Bethel: and the horns
of the altar shall be broken down, and they shall fall upon the ground.
3:15 I will crush and smite the turreted-house upon the summer-house; and
the ivory-houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, saith Yehovah. |
3:1 Hear this word that Yehovah hath spoken
against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought
up from the land of Egypt, saying,
3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will
punish you for all your iniquities.
3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion
cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?
shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?
shall there be evil in a city, and Yehovah hath not done it?
3:7 Surely Yehovah Elohim will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto
his servants the prophets.
3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? Yehovah Elohim hath spoken, who
can but prophesy?
3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of
Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and
behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the
midst thereof.
3:10 For they know not to do right, saith Yehovah, who store up violence
and robbery in their palaces.
3:11 Therefore thus saith Yehovah Elohim; An adversary there shall be even
round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and
thy palaces shall be spoiled.
3:12 Thus saith Yehovah; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the
lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be
taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a
couch.
3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith Yehovah Elohim, the Elohim
of hosts,
3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon
him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall
be cut off, and fall to the ground.
3:15 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 Yehovah. |