Amos 3
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Hear the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning you, O ye children of Israel: concerning the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:
1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
2“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3Shall two walk together except they be agreed?
3Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?
4Will a lion roar in the forest, if he have no prey? will the lion’s whelp cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing?
5Will the bird fall into the snare upon the earth, if there be no fowler? Shall the snare be taken up from the earth, before it hath taken somewhat?
5Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
6Shall the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, which the Lord hath not done?
6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7For the Lord God doth nothing without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets.
7Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
8The lion shall roar, who will not fear? The Lord God hath spoken, who shall not prophesy?
8The lion has roared— who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken— who will not prophesy?
9Publish it in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, and them that suffer oppression in the inner rooms thereof.
9Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”
10And they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord, storing up iniquity, and robberies in their houses.
10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
11Therefore thus saith the Lord God: The land shall be in tribulation, and shall be compassed about: and thy strength shall be taken away from thee, and thy houses shall be spoiled.
11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
12Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion’s mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.
12This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
13Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord the God of hosts:
13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.
14That in the day when I shall begin to visit the transgressions of Israel, I will visit upon him, and upon the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altars shall be cut off, and shall fall to the ground.
14On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.
15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
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