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1. People of Israel, listen to this message! This is what the Lord said about you, Israel. This message is about all the families that I brought from the land of Egypt.
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1. Hear H8085 H853 this H2088 word H1697 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath spoken H1696 against H5921 you , O children H1121 of Israel H3478 , against H5921 the whole H3605 family H4940 which H834 I brought up H5927 from the land H4480 H776 of Egypt H4714 , saying H559 ,
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2. "There are many families on earth, but you are the only family I chose to know in a special way. {And you turned against me,} so I will punish you for all your sins."
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2. You only H7535 have I known H3045 of all H4480 H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 : therefore H5921 H3651 I will punish H6485 H5921 you H853 for all H3605 your iniquities H5771 .
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3. Two people will not walk together unless they have agreed to do so.
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3. Can two H8147 walk H1980 together H3162 , except H1115 H518 they be agreed H3259 ?
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4. A lion will roar in the forest only if it catches its prey. A young lion roaring in his cave means he has caught something to eat.
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4. Will a lion H738 roar H7580 in the forest H3293 , when he hath no H369 prey H2964 ? will a young lion H3715 cry H5414 H6963 out of his den H4480 H4585 , if H518 he have taken H3920 nothing H1115 ?
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5. A bird doesn't fly into a trap unless there is food in it. If a trap closes, it will catch the bird.
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5. Can a bird H6833 fall H5307 in H5921 a snare H6341 upon the earth H776 , where no H369 gin H4170 is for him? shall one take up H5927 a snare H6341 from H4480 the earth H127 , and have taken nothing at all H3920 H3808 H3920 ?
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6. If people hear the warning blast of a trumpet, they shake with fear. If trouble comes to a city, the Lord caused it to happen.
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6. Shall a trumpet H7782 be blown H8628 in the city H5892 , and the people H5971 not H3808 be afraid H2729 ? shall there be H1961 evil H7451 in a city H5892 , and the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 done H6213 it ?
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7. When the Lord God decides to do something, he will first tell his servants, the prophets.
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7. Surely H3588 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will do H6213 nothing H3808 H1697 , but H3588 H518 he revealeth H1540 his secret H5475 unto H413 his servants H5650 the prophets H5030 .
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8. When a lion roars, people are frightened. When the Lord speaks, prophets prophesy.
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8. The lion H738 hath roared H7580 , who H4310 will not H3808 fear H3372 ? the Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath spoken H1696 , who H4310 can but H3808 prophesy H5012 ?
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9. Go to the high towers in Ashdod and Egypt and announce this message: "Come to the mountains of Samaria. There you will see great confusion, because the people don't know how to live right. They were cruel to other people. They took things from other people and hid those things in their high towers. Their treasuries are filled with things they took in war."
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9. Publish H8085 in H5921 the palaces H759 at Ashdod H795 , and in H5921 the palaces H759 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , and say H559 , Assemble yourselves H622 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 of Samaria H8111 , and behold H7200 the great H7227 tumults H4103 in the midst H8432 thereof , and the oppressed H6217 in the midst H7130 thereof.
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10. For they know H3045 not H3808 to do H6213 right H5229 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , who store up H686 violence H2555 and robbery H7701 in their palaces H759 .
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11. So the Lord says, "An enemy will come to that land and take away your strength. He will take the things you hid in your high towers."
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11. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; An adversary H6862 there shall be even round about H5439 the land H776 ; and he shall bring down H3381 thy strength H5797 from H4480 thee , and thy palaces H759 shall be spoiled H962 .
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12. The Lord says, "A lion might attack a lamb, and a shepherd might try to save the lamb. But the shepherd will save only a part of that lamb. He might pull two legs or a part of an ear from the lion's mouth. In the same way, most of the people of Israel will not be saved. Those who live in Samaria will save only a corner from a bed, or a piece of cloth from a couch."
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12. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; As H834 the shepherd H7462 taketh H5337 out of the mouth H4480 H6310 of the lion H738 two H8147 legs H3767 , or H176 a piece H915 of an ear H241 ; so H3651 shall the children H1121 of Israel H3478 be taken out H5337 that dwell H3427 in Samaria H8111 in the corner H6285 of a bed H4296 , and in Damascus H1833 in a couch H6210 .
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13. This is what the Lord God All-Powerful, says: "Warn the family of Jacob about these things.
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13. Hear H8085 ye , and testify H5749 in the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 , the God H430 of hosts H6635 ,
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14. Israel sinned, and I will punish them for their sins. And when I do, I will also destroy the altars at Bethel. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
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14. That H3588 in the day H3117 that I shall visit H6485 the transgressions H6588 of Israel H3478 upon H5921 him I will also visit H6485 H5921 the altars H4196 of Bethel H1008 : and the horns H7161 of the altar H4196 shall be cut off H1438 , and fall H5307 to the ground H776 .
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15. I will destroy the winter house with the summer house. The houses of ivory will be destroyed. Many houses will be destroyed." This is what the Lord said.
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15. And I will smite H5221 the winter H2779 house H1004 with H5921 the summer H7019 house H1004 ; and the houses H1004 of ivory H8127 shall perish H6 , and the great H7227 houses H1004 shall have an end H5486 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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