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Amos 3:12

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Yahweh says:
“As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs,
or a piece of an ear,
so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch,
and on the silken cushions of a bed.”

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Amos 3:12 in other translations

Thus 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.

Amos 3:12 · American Standard Version

Amos 3:12 in context

  1. 10“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh,
    “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.”
  2. 11Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:
    “An adversary will overrun the land;
    and he will pull down your strongholds,
    and your fortresses will be plundered.”
  3. 12Yahweh says:
    “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs,
    or a piece of an ear,
    so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch,
    and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
  4. 13“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies.
  5. 14“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him,
    I will also visit the altars of Bethel;
    and the horns of the altar will be cut off,
    and fall to the ground.