The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
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Chapter 3
1Hear this word, O people of Israel,That the LORD has spoken concerning you,Concerning the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:
2You alone have I singled outOf all the families of the earth—That is why I will call you to accountFor all your iniquities.
3Can two walk togetherWithout having met?
4Does a lion roar in the forestWhen he has no prey?Does a great beast let out a cry from its denWithout having made a capture?
5Does a bird drop on the ground—in a trap—With no snare there?Does a trap spring up from the groundUnless it has caught something?
6When a ram’s horn is sounded in a town,Do the people not take alarm?Can misfortune come to a townIf the LORD has not caused it?
7Indeed, my Lord GOD does nothingWithout having revealed His purposeTo His servants the prophets.
8A lion has roared,Who can but fear?My Lord GOD has spoken,Who can but prophesy?
9Proclaim in the fortresses of AshdodAnd in the fortresses of the land of Egypt!Say:Gather on the hill of SamariaAnd witness the great outrages within herAnd the oppression in her midst.
10They are incapable of doing right—declares the LORD;They store up lawlessness and rapineIn their fortresses.
11Assuredly,Thus said my Lord GOD:An enemy, all about the land!He shall strip you of your splendor,And your fortresses shall be plundered.
12Thus said the LORD:As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s jawsTwo shank bones or the tip of an ear,So shall the Israelites escapeWho dwell in Samaria—With the leg of a bed or the head of a couch.
13Hear [this], and warn the House of Jacob—says my Lord GOD, the God of Hosts—
14That when I punish Israel for its transgressions,I will wreak judgment on the altar of Bethel,And the horns of the altar shall be cut offAnd shall fall to the ground.
15I will wreck the winter palaceTogether with the summer palace;The ivory palaces shall be demolished✦,And the great houses shall be destroyed—declares the LORD.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).