Amos 3:10-12

Common English Bible

¹⁰They don’t know how to do right,
says the Lord—
        those who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
¹¹Therefore, the Lord my God proclaims:
        An enemy will surround the land;
    he will bring you down from your protected places,
        and your palaces will be robbed.

¹²The Lord proclaims:

Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or the piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so will the people of Israel be rescued. Those who live in Samaria will escape with the corner of a bed, and those in Damascus with a piece of a couch.^[a]

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