1 People of Israel, listen to the Lord's message. It is against you. It is against the whole family he brought up out of Egypt. He says,
2 "Out of all of the families on earth I have chosen only you. So I will punish you because you have committed so many sins."
3 Do two people walk together unless they've agreed to do so?
4 Does a lion roar in the bushes when it doesn't have any food? Does it growl in its den when it hasn't caught anything?
5 Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground where no one has set a trap for it? Does a net spring up from the earth when there isn't anything for it to catch?
6 When someone blows a trumpet in a city, don't the people tremble with fear? When trouble comes to a city, hasn't the Lord caused it?
7 The Lord and King never does anything without telling his servants the prophets about it.