1Give ear to this word which the Lord has said against you, O children of Israel, against all the family which I took up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2You only of all the families of the earth have I taken care of: for this reason I will send punishment on you for all your sins.
3Is it possible for two to go walking together, if not by agreement?
4Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?
5Is it possible for a bird to be taken in a net on the earth where no net has been put for him? will the net come up from the earth if it has taken nothing at all?
6If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?
7Certainly the Lord will do nothing without making clear his secret to his servants, the prophets.