Amos 3

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,	1 Hear this word, O men of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.	2 You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.
3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?	3 Do two walk together unless they have agreed?
4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?	4 Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has seized something?
5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?	5 Is a bird brought to earth by a snare when there is no lure for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground without catching anything?
6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?	6 If the trumpet sounds in a city, will the people not be frightened? If evil befalls a city, has not the LORD caused it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.	7 Indeed, the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants, the prophets.
8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?	8 The lion roars-- who will not be afraid! The Lord GOD speaks-- who will not prophesy!
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.	9 Proclaim this in the castles of Ashdod, in the castles of the land of Egypt: "Gather about the mountain of Samaria, and see the great disorders within her, the oppression in her midst."
10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.	10 For they know not how to do what is right, says the LORD, Storing up in their castles what they have extorted and robbed.
11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.	11 Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD: An enemy shall surround the land, and strip you of your strength, and pillage your castles,
12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.	12 Thus says the LORD: As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion a pair of legs or the tip of an ear of his sheep, So the Israelites who dwell in Samaria shall escape with the corner of a couch or a piece of a cot.
13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,	13 Hear and bear witness against the house of Jacob, says the Lord GOD, the God of hosts:
14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.	14 On the day when I punish Israel for his crimes, I will visit also the altars of Bethel: The horns of the altar shall be broken off and fall to the ground.
15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD.	15 Then will I strike the winter house and the summer house; The ivory apartments shall be ruined, and their many rooms shall be no more, says the LORD.