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10 “The people don’t know how to do what is right,” says the Lord.
    “Their ·strong buildings [fortresses; palaces] are filled with ·treasures they took by force from others [the spoils of violence and robbery].”
11     So this is what the Lord God says:
“An enemy will ·take over [overrun; or encircle] the land
    and pull down your strongholds;
he will ·take the treasures out of [plunder] your ·strong buildings [fortresses; palaces].”

12 This is what the Lord says:

“A shepherd might save from a lion’s mouth
    only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear of his sheep.
In the same way only a few Israelites in Samaria will be saved—
    ·people who now sit on their beds
    and on their couches [or only a corner of a bed or a part of a couch will be saved].”

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