1. Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2. “I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins.”
3. Do two walk together without having met?
4. Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something?
5. Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait?Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something?
6. If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear?If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible?
7. Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.