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12 This is what the Lord says:

“Just as a shepherd might save from the lion’s mouth
    only two leg bones or a scrap of an ear,
the Israelis will be saved in a similar manner—
    those in Samaria who sit on the remains of their broken beds,[a]
        and those in Damascus who lie on the edge of their couches.”

13 “Listen and testify against the house of Jacob,”
    declares the Lord God, the God of the Heavenly Armies,
14 “because on that day I will lay out the charges against Israel.
    I will also bring judgment upon the altars of Bethel;
the horns of the altar will be cut off
    and will fall to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:12 Lit. on the corner of a bed