3Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: ²You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. ³Do two walk together unless they have made an appointment? ⁴Does a lion roar in the forest, when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den, if it has caught nothing? ⁵Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth, when there is no trap for it? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? ⁶Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city, unless the Lord has done it? ⁷Surely the Lord God does nothing, without revealing his secret to his servants the prophets. ⁸The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?