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6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of jIsrael, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because kthey sell the righteous for silver,
And the lpoor for a pair of sandals.
7 They 1pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And mpervert the way of the humble.
nA man and his father go in to the same girl,
oTo defile My holy name.
8 They lie down pby every altar on clothes qtaken in pledge,
And drink the wine of 2the condemned in the house of their god.
9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the rAmorite before them,
Whose height was like the sheight of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
Yet I tdestroyed his fruit above
And his roots beneath.
10 Also it was uI who brought you up from the land of Egypt,
And vled you forty years through the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amorite.
11 I raised up some of your sons as wprophets,
And some of your young men as xNazirites.
Is it not so, O you children of Israel?”
Says the Lord.
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets ysaying,
‘Do not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, zI am 3weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves 4is weighed down.
14 aTherefore 5flight shall perish from the swift,
The strong shall not strengthen his power,
bNor shall the mighty 6deliver himself;
15 He shall not stand who handles the bow,
The swift of foot shall not 7escape,
Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
16 The most 8courageous men of might
Shall flee naked in that day,”
Says the Lord.
Authority of the Prophet’s Message
3 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2 “You aonly have I known of all the families of the earth;
bTherefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3 Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion 1cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5 Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no 2trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
6 If a 3trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
cIf there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
7 Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless dHe reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
eWho can but prophesy?
9 “Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,4
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the 5oppressed within her.
10 For they fdo not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and 6robbery in their palaces.’ ”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
“As a shepherd 7takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and 8on the edge of a couch!
13 Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14 “That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of gBethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
15 I will 9destroy hthe winter house along with ithe summer house;
The jhouses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.
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