Israel's Guilt and Punishment
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1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
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2"You only have I known of all the families of the earth; 3therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
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"Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet?
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Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing?
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Does a bird fall in a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing?
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4Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? 5Does disaster come to a city, unless the LORD has done it?
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Proclaim to the strongholds in 8Ashdod and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, "Assemble yourselves on 9the mountains of Samaria, and see the great tumults within her, and 10the oppressed in her midst."
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"They do not know how to do right," declares the LORD, 11"those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds."
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Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 12"An adversary shall surround the land and bring downa your defenses from you, and 13your strongholds shall be plundered."
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Thus says the LORD: 14"As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, 15so shall the people of Israel 16who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and partb of a bed.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)