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Authority of the Prophet’s Message
1Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying:
2“You⚓ only have I known of all the families of the earth;
⚓Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
3Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?
4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey?
Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing?
5Will a bird fall into a snare on the earth, where there is no trap for it?
Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all?
6If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be afraid?
⚓If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?
7Surely the Lord God does nothing,
Unless ⚓He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared!
Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
⚓Who can but prophesy?
Punishment of Israel’s Sins
9“Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the oppressed within her.
10For they ⚓do not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ”
11Therefore thus says the Lord God:
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
12Thus says the Lord:
“As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch!
13Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”
Says the Lord God, the God of hosts,
14“That in the day I punish Israel for their transgressions,
I will also visit destruction on the altars of ⚓Bethel;
And the horns of the altar shall be cut off
And fall to the ground.
15I will destroy ⚓the winter house along with ⚓the summer house;
The ⚓houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.
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Tug xwbfwb cev lug le num
1Cov Yixayee 'e, ca le noog tej lug kws Yawmsaub has tawm tsaam mej, yog has tawm tsaam taag nrho haiv tuabneeg kws kuv coj tawm huv Iyi tebchaws lug.
2“Taag nrho ib tsoom tuabneeg huv lub nplajteb nuav,
mej yog haiv tuabneeg kws kuv xaiv ca,
mas kuv yuav rau txem rua mej
vem tim mej tej kev txhum huvsw.”
3Yog ob leeg tsw tau teem tseg ca
yuav ua ke taug kev tau hab lov?
4Tsuv ntxhuav nyooj tom haav zoov
rua thaus tsw tau qauv noj lov?
Yog thaav tsuv ntxhuav tum tsw tau daabtsw noj
mas yuav quaj huv nwg lub chaw nkaum lov?
5Tsw cuab sua, noog yuav nqeg lug
maag rooj hlua huv aav lov?
Yog tsw muaj daabtsw moog tsuj rooj hlua,
rooj hlua yuav ca le txhais huv aav lov?
6Tshuab raaj kub yaaj rua huv lub moos,
tej pejxeem tsw raag lov?
Yog Yawmsaub tsw ua,
tej xwm txheej phem yuav poob lug raug lub moos lov?
7Qhov tseeb Vaajtswv Yawmsaub yeej tsw npog
ib yaam daabtsw kws nwg ua
es tsw qha rua nwg cov qhev
kws yog xwbfwb cev nwg le lug.
8Tsuv ntxhuav nyooj lawm,
leejtwg yuav tsw ntshai?
Vaajtswv Yawmsaub has lawm,
leejtwg yuav npog tsw cev nwg tej lug?
Xamali yuav puam tsuaj
9Ca le tshaaj tawm rua tej chaw ruaj khov
huv lub moos Asantau hab tej chaw ruaj khov
huv Iyi tebchaws has tas,
“Ca le tuaj txoos ua ke rua sau Xamali tej roob
hab tsaa muag saib tej kev ntxhuv quas nyo ntau kawg
hab tej kev quab yuam huv lub nroog hov.”
10Yawmsaub has tas, “Cov kws ua limham ndais ntuj
hab ua tub saab txhad tau nyaj txag lug
khaws ca rua huv puab tej chaw ruaj khov,
puab yeej tsw paub ua lawv le kws raug cai.”
11Vem le nuav Vaajtswv Yawmsaub txhad has le nuav tas,
“Yeeb ncuab yuav tuaj vej lub tebchaws nuav
hab ntaus mej tej chaw tiv thaiv kuas pob taag,
hab lws mej tej chaw ruaj khov.”
12Yawmsaub has le nuav tas, “Tug kws yug yaaj
txeeb tau ob ceg lossws ib nplais nplooj ntseg
ntawm tsuv ntxhuav qhov ncauj le caag,
mas cov Yixayee huv Xamali
yuav tau ib nyuas ceg kaum rooj
hab ib saab chaw pw dim ib yaam le ntawd.”⚓
13Vaajtswv Yawmsaub,
kws yog Vaajtswv muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus
has tas, “Ca le noog hab ua timkhawv
kom Yakhauj caaj ceg.
14Nub kws kuv rau txem
rua cov Yixayee tej kev faav xeeb,
kuv yuav rau txem rua tej thaaj xyeem daab
huv lub moos Npe‑ee,
hab tej kub ntawm lub kaum thaaj hov
yuav raug muab txav poob rua huv aav.
15Kuv yuav rhuav tej tsev ntuj no
hab tej tsev ntuj kub pob taag ua ke,
hab tej tsev kws xuas kaug ntxhw ua
yuav puam tsuaj,
hab tej vaaj tse luj luj yuav pluj taag huvsw.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.