1 Hear 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  3 Can two walk together , except they be agreed  4 Will a lion roar in the forest , when he has no prey ? will a young lion cry out  of his den , if he have taken nothing  5 Can a bird fall in a snare on the earth , where no gin [is] for him? will [one] take up a snare from the earth , and have taken nothing at all  6 will a trumpet be blown in the city , and the people not be afraid ? will there be evil in a city , and the LORD has not done  7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing , but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets  8 The lion has roared , who will not fear ? the Lord GOD has spoken , who can but prophesy  9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod , and in the palaces in the land of Egypt , and say , Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria , and see the great tumults in the midst of it, and the oppressed in the midst  10 For they know not to do right , says the LORD , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces  11 Therefore so says the Lord GOD ; An adversary [there will be] even round about the land ; and he will bring down your strength from you, and your palaces will be spoiled  12 So says the LORD ; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs , or a piece of an ear ; so will the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed , and in Damascus [in] a couch  13 Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob , says the Lord GOD , the God of hosts  14 That in the day that I will visit the transgressions of Israel on him I will also visit the altars of Bethel : and the horns of the altar will be cut off , and fall to the ground  15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house ; and the houses of ivory will perish , and the great houses will have an end , says the LORD