Amos 3:12
Thus said Jehovah: As the shepherd delivereth from the lion's mouth Two legs, or a piece of an ear, So delivered are the sons of Israel, Who are sitting in Samaria on the corner of a bed, And in Damascus [on that of] a couch.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
13Hear ye and testify to the house of Jacob, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, God of Hosts.
Cross References
1 Samuel 17:34And David saith unto Saul, 'A shepherd hath thy servant been to his father among the sheep, and the lion hath come — and the bear — and hath taken away a sheep out of the drove,
1 Kings 20:34And he saith unto him, 'The cities that my father took from thy father, I give back, and streets thou dost make for thee in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria;' — 'and I, with a covenant, send thee away;' and he maketh with him a covenant, and sendeth him away.
2 Kings 16:9And hearken unto him doth the king of Asshur, and the king of Asshur goeth up unto Damascus, and seizeth it, and removeth [the people of] it to Kir, and Rezin he hath put to death.
Isaiah 17:1The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from [being] a city, And it hath been a heap — a ruin.
Isaiah 17:7In that day doth man look to His Maker, Yea, his eyes to the Holy One of Israel look,
Amos 6:4Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,
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 →