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:

Does a lion roar in the forest {when he has no prey}? Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught [something]?

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?

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]?

Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets.

A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?

My Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that, "Behold, the days are coming upon you {when they} will take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishing hooks.

Virgin Israel has fallen and will not rise again. She is deserted on her land; there is no one to raise her up.

Therefore, whoever has insight will keep silent in that time, for it [is] a time of evil.

My Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself, {declares} Yahweh, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and I hate his citadel fortresses and I will deliver [the] city and its fullness!"

Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam the king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to endure all of his words.

For this Amos has said, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go into exile [away] from his land.'"

And he said, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." And Yahweh said to me, "The end has come upon my people Israel. I will not pass by them again!"

Yahweh has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds!