10 For they (A)do not know to do right,’
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and [a]robbery in their palaces.’ ”

11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”

12 Thus says the Lord:

“As a shepherd [b]takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and [c]on the edge of a couch!

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:10 Or devastation
  2. Amos 3:12 Or snatches
  3. Amos 3:12 Heb. uncertain, possibly on the cover

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