1 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the LORD has spoken against you —against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:2 "You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins."3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?4 Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?5 Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?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?7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.8 The lion has roared — who will not fear? The Sovereign LORD has spoken — who can but prophesy?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."10 "They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, "who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted."11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses."12 This is what the LORD says: "As a shepherd rescues from the lion's mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric "from a couch. ""13 "Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob," declares the Lord, the LORD God Almighty.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.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.
1 [Audite verbum quod locutus est Dominus super vos, filii Isral,super omnem cognationem quam eduxi de terra gypti, dicens :2 Tantummodo vos cognovi ex omnibus cognationibus terr ;idcirco visitabo super vos omnes iniquitates vestras.3 Numquid ambulabunt duo pariter,nisi convenerit eis ?4 numquid rugiet leo in saltu,nisi habuerit prdam ?numquid dabit catulus leonis vocem de cubili suo,nisi aliquid apprehenderit ?5 numquid cadet avis in laqueum terrabsque aucupe ?numquid auferetur laqueus de terraantequam quid ceperit ?6 si clanget tuba in civitate,et populus non expavescet ?si erit malum in civitate,quod Dominus non fecerit ?7 Quia non facit Dominus Deus verbum,nisi revelaverit secretum suum ad servos suos prophetas.8 Leo rugiet, quis non timebit ?Dominus Deus locutus est, quis non prophetabit ?9 Auditum facite in dibus Azoti,et in dibus terr gypti,et dicite : Congregamini super montes Samari,et videte insanias multas in medio ejus,et calumniam patientes in penetralibus ejus.10 Et nescierunt facere rectum, dicit Dominus,thesaurizantes iniquitatem et rapinas in dibus suis.11 Propterea hc dicit Dominus Deus :Tribulabitur et circuietur terra :et detrahetur ex te fortitudo tua,et diripientur des tu.12 Hc dicit Dominus :Quomodo si eruat pastor de ore leonisduo crura, aut extremum auricul,sic eruentur filii Isral, qui habitant in Samariain plaga lectuli, et in Damasci grabato.13 Audite, et contestamini in domo Jacob,dicit Dominus Deus exercituum ;14 quia in die cum visitare cpero prvaricationes Isral,super eum visitabo, et super altaria Bethel ;et amputabuntur cornua altaris, et cadent in terram.15 Et percutiam domum hiemalem cum domo stiva,et peribunt domus eburne,et dissipabuntur des mult,dicit Dominus.]