1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:2You alone have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.3Do two walk together unless they have agreed?4Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught something?5Does a bird fall into a snare on the ground unless a trap has been set for it? Does a snare spring up from the earth unless it has caught something?6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will the people not tremble? If disaster comes to a city, has the LORD not done it?7For the Lord GOD does nothing unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.8The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken; who will not prophesy?9Proclaim this on the citadels of Ashdod and on the citadels of the land of Egypt; say: Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst.10They do not know how to do right, declares the LORD, those who store up violence and robbery in their citadels.11Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: An adversary shall surround the land, and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your citadels shall be plundered.12Thus says the LORD: As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a bed or a piece of a couch.13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts.14On the day when I punish the transgressions of Israel, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground.15I will strike the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end, declares the LORD.