微读圣经

God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel

1Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt: Am 2:10

2I have known only you Ex 19:5-6; Dt 4:32-37

out of all the clans of the earth;

therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities. Jr 14:10; Ezk 20:36; Dn 9:12

3Can two walk together Lv 26:23-24

without agreeing to meet? LXX reads without meeting

4Does a lion roar Ps 104:21; Hs 5:14; 11:10 in the forest

when it has no prey?

Does a young lion growl from its lair

unless it has captured something?

5Does a bird land in a trap on the ground

if there is no bait for it?

Does a trap spring from the ground

when it has caught nothing?

6If a ram’s horn Jr 4:5,19,21; 6:1; Hs 5:8; Zph 1:16 is blown in a city,

aren’t people afraid? Nm 10:9; Jr 4:19; Jl 2:1

If a disaster Is 14:24-27; 45:7 occurs in a city,

hasn’t the Lord done it? Lm 3:37-39

7Indeed, the Lord God does nothing

without revealing His counsel

to His servants the prophets. Gn 18:17; Jr 23:18,22; Jnh 1:2

8A lion has roared; Am 1:2

who will not fear?

The Lord God has spoken; Jnh 1:1-3; 3:1-3

who will not prophesy? Jr 6:10-11; 20:9

9Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod 1Sm 5:1; Am 1:8

and on the citadels in the land of Egypt:

Assemble on the mountains of Samaria Am 4:1; 6:1

and see the great turmoil in the city

and the acts of oppression within it. Am 5:11; 6:8

10The people are incapable of doing right Ps 14:4; Jr 4:22; Am 5:7; 6:12 —

this is the Lord’s declaration —

those who store up violence and destruction Hab 2:8-10; Zph 1:9; Zch 5:3-4

in their citadels.

11Therefore, the Lord God says:

An enemy Am 6:14 will surround the land;

he will destroy Am 2:14 your strongholds

and plunder your citadels. 2Kg 17:5-6; 18:9-12

12The Lord says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs

or a piece of an ear

from the lion’s mouth, 1Sm 17:34-37

so the Israelites who live in Samaria

will be rescued

with only the corner of a bed Ps 132:3

or the Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a cushion Hb obscure of a couch. LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus Est 1:6; 7:8; Am 6:4

13Listen and testify Ezk 2:7 against the house of Jacob —

this is the declaration of the Lord God,

the God of Hosts.

14I will punish the altars of Bethel Hs 10:5-8,14-15; Am 4:4; 5:5-6; 7:10,13

on the day I punish Israel for its crimes;

the horns of the altar Lv 8:15; 16:18-19; 1Kg 1:50-51; 2:28; Ps 118:27 will be cut off

and fall to the ground. Hs 10:1-2

15I will demolish the winter house Jr 36:22

and the summer house; Jdg 3:20

the houses inlaid with ivory 1Kg 22:39; 2Ch 9:17; Am 6:4 will be destroyed,

and the great houses Am 2:5; 6:11 will come to an end.

This is the Lord’s declaration.