“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.”
Amos 3:12 (WEB)
Context Reading
10“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says Yahweh,“Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.” 11Therefore the Lord Yahweh says:“An adversary will overrun the land;and he will pull down your strongholds,and your fortresses will be plundered.” 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.” 13“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord Yahweh, the God of Armies. 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.