1 Listen to this word that the Lord has spoken against you, people of Israel, against the whole family he brought out of Egypt.
2 “I have chosen only youout of all the families of the earth,so I will punish youfor all your sins.”
3 Two people will not walk togetherunless they have agreed to do so.
4 A lion in the forest does not roarunless it has caught an animal;it does not growl in its denwhen it has caught nothing.
5 A bird will not fall into a trapwhere there is no bait;the trap will not spring shutif there is nothing to catch.
6 When a trumpet blows a warning in a city,the people tremble.When trouble comes to a city,the Lord has caused it.
7 Before the Lord God does anything,he tells his plans to his servants the prophets.