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10 For they do not know how to do what is right,
    says the Lord,
as they store up in their palaces
    their ill-gotten gains from violence and robbery.

11 Therefore, this is what the Lord God has to say:

An enemy shall surround your land;
    he will tear down your strongholds
    and pillage your palaces.

12 The Lord says further:

As the shepherd rescues from the jaws of a lion
    two legs or the tip of an ear,
so will the Israelites who live in Samaria be rescued
    with the corner of a couch or the edge of a cot.

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