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The Lord’s Purposes

“Truly the Lord God will do nothing he has mentioned
    without revealing his purposes to his servants the prophets.
A lion has roared!
    Who will not fear?
The Lord God has spoken!
    Who will not prophesy?
Announce this[a] in the fortified citadels of Ashdod,
    and in the fortified citadels of the land of Egypt.
Tell them, ‘Gather together on the mountains of Samaria;
    look at the great misery among the citadels,[b]
        along with the oppression within Egypt.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:9 The Heb. lacks this
  2. Amos 3:9 Lit. them
  3. Amos 3:9 Lit. her; i.e. Egypt personified as a woman