⁷ Certainly the Lord God does not do anything
        without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
⁸ A lion has roared! Who can avoid being terrified?
    The Lord God has spoken! Who can hold back from prophesying?

⁹ Make this known to the citadels in Ashdod
    and to the citadels in the land of Egypt.
    Tell them, “Gather yourselves together on the mountains of Samaria.
    See the great confusion^[a] there
    and the oppression in her midst.”