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¹ Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying: ² Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” ³ Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? ⁴ Will a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? ⁵ Will a snare spring up from the earth, if it has caught nothing at all? ⁶ If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it? ⁷ Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets. ⁸ Who can but prophesy? ⁹ And the oppressed within her. ¹⁰ ‘Who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.’ ” ¹¹ And your palaces shall be plundered.” ¹² In the corner of a bed and on the edge of a couch! ¹³ Says the Lord God, the God of hosts, ¹⁴ And fall to the ground. ¹⁵ Says the Lord.