Reading 1  Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the Lord pronounces over you,over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth;Therefore I will punish youfor all your crimes.Do two walk togetherunless they have agreed?Does a lion roar in the forestwhen it has no prey?Does a young lion cry out from its denunless it has seized something?Is a bird brought to earth by a snarewhen there is no lure for it?Does a snare spring up from the groundwithout catching anything?If the trumpet sounds in a city,will the people not be frightened?If evil befalls a city,has not the Lord caused it?Indeed, the Lord God does nothingwithout revealing his planto his servants, the prophets.The lion roars--who will not be afraid!The Lord God speaks--who will not prophesy!I brought upon you such upheavalas when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah:you were like a brand plucked from the