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Amos 3:10-12
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10 Eternal One: Those who fill their fortresses with finery through violence and robbery
        have no idea how to do what is right.

Israel has forgotten God’s laws, so of course the people can’t follow them. They have fallen into slavery and oppression.

11 So the Eternal Lord says to Israel,

Eternal One: An enemy will surround and besiege your land.
        It will overwhelm your defenses, and your fortresses will be plundered.

12 Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or the tip of an ear from the hungry lion, that is the kind of rescue the wealthy people of God dwelling in Samaria will see: only a small piece of fabric from their luxurious linens and furnishings will remain.[a]

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  1. 3:12 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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Amos 3:10-12
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10 “They do not know how to do right,(A)” declares the Lord,
    “who store up in their fortresses(B)
    what they have plundered(C) and looted.”

11 Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“An enemy will overrun your land,
    pull down your strongholds
    and plunder your fortresses.(D)”

12 This is what the Lord says:

“As a shepherd rescues from the lion’s(E) 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](F)”

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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.
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