1 Hear this word, people of Israel, the word the Lord has spoken against you – against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt:
2 ‘You only have I chosenof all the families of the earth;therefore I will punish youfor all your sins.’
3 Do two walk togetherunless they have agreed to do so?
4 Does a lion roar in the thicketwhen it has no prey?Does it growl in its denwhen it has caught nothing?
5 Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the groundwhen no bait is there?Does a trap spring up from the groundif it has not caught anything?
6 When a trumpet sounds in a city,do not the people tremble?When disaster comes to a city,has not the Lord caused it?
7 Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothingwithout revealing his planto his servants the prophets.