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12 This is what Yahweh says:

As a shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear out of a lion’s mouth,
    so the Israelites living in Samaria will be rescued,
        having only a corner of a bed or a piece of a couch.[a]
13 Listen, and testify against the descendants of Jacob,
    declares Adonay Yahweh Elohe Tsebaoth.
14 On the day I punish Israel for its disobedience,
    I will also destroy the altars at Bethel.
        The horns of the altar will be cut off and will fall to the ground.

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  1. Amos 3:12 Or “a couch of Damascus.”

12 This is what the Lord says:

“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s(A) mouth
    only two leg bones or a piece of an ear,
so will the Israelites living in Samaria be rescued,
    with only the head of a bed
    and a piece of fabric[a] from a couch.[b](B)

13 “Hear this and testify(C) against the descendants of Jacob,” declares the Lord, the Lord God Almighty.

14 “On the day I punish(D) Israel for her sins,
    I will destroy the altars of Bethel;(E)
the horns(F) of the altar will be cut off
    and fall to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Amos 3:12 Or Israelites be rescued, / those who sit in Samaria / on the edge of their beds / and in Damascus on their couches.