¹更重的刑罰以色列人哪！要聽耶和華攻擊你們的這些話，就是攻擊他從埃及地領上來的以色列全家，說：

¹Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,

²“地上萬族中，我只揀選了你；因此，我必追討你們的一切罪。”

²You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities.

³二人如果沒有約定，怎會同行呢？

³Shall two walk together, except they have agreed?

⁴先知的使命獅子如果不是捕獲獵物，怎會在林中吼叫？少壯獅子如果沒有捕獲甚麼，怎會在洞中咆哮呢？

⁴Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

⁵如果沒有餌，雀鳥怎會掉在地上的網羅中？網羅如果沒有捕獲雀鳥，怎會從地上翻起呢？

⁵Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is [set] for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?

⁶城中如果吹起號角，居民怎會不驚慌呢？災禍如果臨到某城，不是耶和華所降的嗎？

⁶Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

⁷如果主耶和華不先把計劃向他的僕人眾先知顯示，他就不會作任何事。

⁷Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets.

⁸獅子吼叫，誰不害怕；主耶和華宣告，誰敢不代他傳話？

⁸The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy?

⁹犯罪的結果要向亞實突和埃及的堡壘宣告：“你們要在撒瑪利亞山上聚集；觀看城裡極大的騷亂和城中的暴虐。”

⁹Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

¹⁰“這些人不知道怎樣行正直的事，只管在他們的堡壘中積聚暴行和欺壓。”這是耶和華的宣告。

¹⁰For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

¹¹因此，主耶和華這樣說：“敵人必圍攻這地，使你們的勢力傾覆，搶掠你們的堡壘。”

¹¹Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary [there shall be], even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered.

¹²耶和華這樣說：“牧人從獅子口中，只能奪回一雙羊腿和一角耳朵；住在撒瑪利亞的以色列人獲救也是這樣，他們只剩下一角床榻，半邊褥子（“他們只剩下一角床塌，半邊褥子”，這句原文意義不詳，或譯：“他們躺臥在華麗的床上，睡在鋪上繡花毯子的榻上”）。

¹²Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.

¹³你們要聽，要向雅各家作證。（這是主耶和華萬軍之　神的宣告。）

¹³Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts.

¹⁴我追討以色列的悖逆時，必要懲罰伯特利的祭壇；壇角必砍下，跌落在地。

¹⁴For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

¹⁵我必毀壞冬天和夏天的別墅，用象牙裝飾的房子必破爛，宏偉的樓宇必歸於無有。”這是耶和華的宣告。

¹⁵And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.