Amos 3:12

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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WEBBE

The LORD 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.”

BSB

This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.

KJV

Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

ASV

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.

BBE

These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

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כֹּה koh thus H3541 אָמַר 'a·mar he says H559 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 כַּאֲשֶׁר ka·'a·sher just as H834 יַצִּיל ya·tzil he delivers H5337 הָרֹעֶה ha·ro·'eh the shepherd H7462 מִפִּי mi·pi from [the] mouth of H6310 הָאֲרִי ha·'a·ri (the) lion H738 שְׁתֵּי she·tei two H8147 כְרָעַיִם khe·ra·'a·yim legs H3767 אוֹ 'o or H176 בְדַל־ ve·dal- a piece of H915 אֹזֶן 'o·zen an ear H241 כֵּן ken so H3651 יִנָּצְלוּ yi·na·tze·lu they will be delivered H5337 בְּנֵי be·nei [the] people of H1121 יִשְׂרָאֵל yis·ra·'el Israel H3478 הַיֹּשְׁבִים hai·yo·she·vim who dwell H3427 בְּשֹׁמְרוֹן be·sho·me·ron in Samaria H8111 בִּפְאַת bif·'at with a corner of H6285 מִטָּה mi·tah a bed H4296 וּבִדְמֶשֶׁק u·vid·me·shek and with silk of H1833 עָרֶשׂ 'a·res a couch H6210

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–15

That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the luxury in which they lived. The pomp and pleasantness of men's houses, do not fortify against God's judgments, but make sufferings the more grievous and vexatious. Yet a remnant, according to the election of grace, will be secured by our great and good Shepherd, as from the jaws of destruction, in the worst times.

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Israel Samaria

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ShepherdDamascus

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.