Israel’s Guilt and Punishment

3 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole clan that I brought up from the land of Egypt:^{[a] 2} “You only have I chosen^[b] of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. ³ Do two walk together unless they have met? ⁴ Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?^[c] Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught something? ⁵ Does a bird fall into a trapping net on the earth when there is no snare for it? Does a trapping net spring up from the ground unless it has certainly caught something? ⁶ Or is a horn blown in a city and people are not afraid? Or does a disaster occur in the city and Yahweh has not done it? ⁷ Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets. ⁸ A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?