Amos 3:12
Thus says the Lord; As when a shepherd rescues from the mouth of a lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so shall be drawn forth the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria in the presence of a foreign tribe, and in Damascus.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
13Hear, O you⌃ priests, and testify to the house of Jacob, says the Lord God Almighty.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:34And David said to Saul, Your servant was tending the flock for his father; and when a lion came and a she-bear, and took a sheep out of the flock,
2 Kings 16:9And the king of the Assyrians listened to him: and the king of the Assyrians went up to Damascus and took it, and removed + 16:9 Gr. it. the inhabitants, and killed king Raasson.
Isaiah 17:1THE WORD AGAINST DAMASCUS. Behold, Damascus shall be taken away from among cities, and shall become a ruin;
Isaiah 17:7In that day a man shall trust in him that made him, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Amos 6:4who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
Matthew Henry on Amos 3:10-15
Israel Convicted and Condemned. ( b. c. 790.) 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the Lord , who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,… Read the whole commentary →