Punishment of Israel’s Sins

“Proclaim in the palaces at [a]Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the [b]oppressed within her.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:9 So with MT; LXX Assyria
  2. Amos 3:9 Or oppression

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

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  1. Amos 3:10 Or devastation

12 Thus says the Lord:

“As a shepherd [a]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 [b]on the edge of a couch!

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Footnotes

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

15 I will [a]destroy (A)the winter house along with (B)the summer house;
The (C)houses of ivory shall perish,
And the great houses shall have an end,”
Says the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 3:15 Lit. strike

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