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and a man and his father will go in unto the
same
maid, to profane my holy name:
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And they lay
themselves
down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned
in the house of their god.
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height
was
like the height of the cedars, and
he
was
strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10
Also
I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess
the land of the Amorite.
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And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites.
Is it
not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the L
ORD
.
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But ye gave the Nazarites
wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13
Behold, I am pressed under
you, as a cart is pressed
that is
full of sheaves.
14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift,
and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15
Neither
shall he stand that handleth the bow; and
he that is
swift of foot shall not deliver
himself:
neither
shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
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And
he that is
courageous among the mighty shall
flee away naked in that day, saith the L
ORD
.
CHAPTER 3
Hear this word that the L
ORD
hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family
which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
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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 hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his
den, if he have taken nothing?
5
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin
is
for him?
shall
one
take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
6
Shall a trumpet be blown
in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the L
ORD
hath not done
it?
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Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.
8
The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
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Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble
yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and
the oppressed in the midst thereof.
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For they know not to do right, saith the L
ORD
, who store up
violence and robbery in their palaces.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary
there
shall be
even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces
shall be spoiled.
12
Thus saith the L
ORD
; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two
legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall 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 ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the
Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
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That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon
him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the
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