A (A)lion has roared! Who will not fear?
The (B)Lord [a]God has spoken! (C)Who can but prophesy?

Proclaim on the citadels in (D)Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the (E)mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the (F)oppressions in her midst. 10 But they (G)do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who (H)hoard up [b]violence and devastation in their citadels.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Amos 3:10 I.e. the booty from violence