NIVUK ▾AmosAmos 31Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you – against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:2‘You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your sins.’3Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?4Does a lion roar in the thicket when it has no prey? Does it growl in its den when it has caught nothing?5Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground when no bait is there? Does a trap spring up from the ground if it has not caught anything?6When a trumpet sounds in a city, do not the people tremble? When disaster comes to a city, has not the Lord caused it?7Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.8The lion has roared – who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken – who can but prophesy?9Proclaim to the fortresses of Ashdod and to the fortresses of Egypt: ‘Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest within her and the oppression among her people.’10‘They do not know how to do right,’ declares the Lord , ‘who store up in their fortresses what they have plundered and looted.’11Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: ‘An enemy will overrun your land, pull down your strongholds and plunder your fortresses.’12This is what the Lord says: ‘As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued, with only the head of a bed and a piece of fabric from a couch.’13‘Hear this and testify against the descendants of Jacob,’ declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.14‘On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses adorned with ivory will be destroyed and the mansions will be demolished,’ declares the Lord .Amos 2Amos 4