1 Listen to this message which I, the Lord, have spoken against you Israelites, against your whole family that I brought out of Egypt.
2 Out of all the families on earth, I have known no one else but you.
3 Do two people ever walk together without meeting first?
4 Does a lion roar in the forest if it has no prey?
5 Does a bird land in a trap on the ground if there’s no bait in it?
6 If a ram’s horn sounds an alarm in a city, won’t the people be alarmed?
7 Certainly, the Almighty Lord doesn’t do anything
8 The lion has roared. Who isn’t afraid?
9 Announce in the palaces of Ashdod and in the palaces of Egypt,
10 Those who collect profits in their palaces
11 This is what the Almighty Lord says:
12 This is what the Lord says:
13 Listen, and testify against the descendants of Jacob,
14 On the day I punish Israel for its disobedience,
15 I will tear down winter houses as well as summer houses.