Amos 3:10-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰The people are incapable of doing right^(A)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
those who store up violence and destruction^(B)
in their citadels.

¹¹Therefore, the Lord God says:

An enemy^(C) will surround the land;
he will destroy^(D) your strongholds
and plunder your citadels.^(E)

¹²The Lord says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,^(F)
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed^(G)
or the^[a] cushion^[b] of a couch.^[c]^(H)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Amos 3:12 Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a
Amos 3:12 Hb obscure
Amos 3:12 LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus