6 If the trumpet blasts in the city,are not the people frightened?If there is disaster against a city,is it not the Lord who has done it?
7 Surely the Lord God does nothingwithout revealing His purposeto His servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared;who will not fear?The Lord God has spoken;who can but prophesy?
9 Proclaim to the fortresses in Ashdod,and the fortresses in the land of Egypt, and say:“Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,and see the great disorders within her,and the oppression in her midst.”
10 They do not know how to do right, says the Lord,storing up violence and destruction in their fortresses.
11 Therefore thus says the Lord God: An enemy will surround your land;he will tear down your defenses,and your fortresses will be plundered.
12 Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the liona pair of legs or a piece of an ear,so will the children of Israel be rescued,those who live in Samaria,with the corner of a bedor a piece of a couch.