5 Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth,where no snare is set for him?Does a snare spring up from the ground,when there is nothing to catch?
6 Does the shofar alarm sound in a city,without the people being afraid?Does evil happen to a city,and the Lord hasn’t done it?
7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
8 The lion has roared.Who will not fear?The Lord GOD has spoken.Who can but prophesy?
9 Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,and in the palaces in the land of Egypt,and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria,and see what unrest is in her,and what oppression is among them.”
10 “Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the Lord,“Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
11 Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:“An adversary will overrun the land;and he will pull down your strongholds,and your fortresses will be plundered.”