Amos 3

1 Listen to this message, Israelites, which the Lord has spoken against you, against the whole nation that I brought out of Egypt:

to hear: hear [obj] [the] word [the] this which to speak: speak LORD upon you son: descendant/people Israel upon all [the] family which to ascend: establish from land: country/planet Egypt to/for to say

2 You alone have I cared for of all the nations of the world, this is why I will punish you for your crimes.

except [obj] you to know from all family [the] land: planet upon so to reckon: punish upon you [obj] all iniquity: crime your

3 Do two walk together unless they agreed to meet?

to go: walk two together lest if: surely no to appoint

4 Does a lion roar in the forest when there is no prey for him? Does a young lion cry out in his den unless he has caught something?

to roar lion in/on/with wood and prey nothing to/for him to give: cry out lion voice his from habitation his lest if: until to capture

5 Does a bird swoop down into a trap if no bait is set for it? Does a trap spring up from the ground if nothing sets it off?

to fall: fall bird upon snare [the] land: country/planet and snare nothing to/for her to ascend: rise snare from [the] land: soil and to capture not to capture

6 Can a trumpet be blown in a city and the people not tremble? Can disaster strike a city and the Lord not have caused it?

if: surely yes to blow trumpet in/on/with city and people not to tremble if: until to be distress: harm in/on/with city and LORD not to make: do

7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing his purpose to his servants the prophets.

for not to make: do Lord YHWH/God word: thing that if: except if: except to reveal: reveal counsel his to(wards) servant/slave his [the] prophet

8 The lion has roared; who does not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who will not prophesy?

lion to roar who? not to fear Lord YHWH/God to speak: speak who? not to prophesy

9 Proclaim over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt: Gather upon the mountain of Samaria, and see the violent turmoil, the acts of oppression in her midst.

to hear: proclaim upon citadel: fortress in/on/with Ashdod and upon citadel: fortress in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt and to say to gather upon mountain: mount Samaria and to see: see tumult many in/on/with midst her and oppression in/on/with entrails: among her

10 For they do not know how to do right. They are heaping up violence and oppression in their palaces, says the Lord.

and not to know to make: do upright utterance LORD [the] to store violence and violence in/on/with citadel: fortress their

11 Therefore the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land, he will strip your strength from you. and your palaces will be looted.

to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God enemy and around [the] land: country/planet and to go down from you strength your and to plunder citadel: fortress your

12 The Lord says: Just as a shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion two shinbones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites living in Sameria will be rescued – with the corner of a couch, and the damask of a divan!

thus to say LORD like/as as which to rescue [the] to pasture from lip [the] lion two leg or piece ear so to rescue son: descendant/people Israel [the] to dwell in/on/with Samaria in/on/with side bed and in/on/with silk bed

13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of hosts.

to hear: hear and to testify in/on/with house: household Jacob utterance Lord YHWH/God God [the] army

14 On the day when I punish Israel for their crimes, I will also visit in judgment the altars of Bethel, the horns of the altar will be hacked off, and they will fall to the ground.

for in/on/with day to reckon: punish I transgression Israel upon him and to reckon: punish upon altar Bethel Bethel and to cut down/off horn [the] altar and to fall: fall to/for land: soil

15 I will destroy the winter houses together with the summer houses and the houses of ivory will perish. Many great houses will be swept away, says the Lord.

and to smite house: home [the] autumn upon house: home [the] summer and to perish house: home [the] tooth: ivory and to snatch house: home many utterance LORD