Amos 3:9-15

9 Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it.
10 The people are incapable of doing right- the Lord's declaration- those who store up violence and destruction in their citadels.
11 Therefore, the Lord God says: An enemy will surround the land; he will destroy your strongholds and plunder your citadels.[a]
12 The Lord says: As the shepherd snatches two legs or a piece of an ear from the lion's mouth, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be rescued with [only] the corner of a bed or the[b] cushion[c] of a couch.[d]
13 Listen and testify against the house of Jacob- [this is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the declaration of the Lord God , the God of Hosts.
14 I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.[e]
15 I will demolish the winter house and the summer house; the houses [inlaid with] ivory[f] will be destroyed, and the great houses will come to an end- the Lord's declaration.

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. 2 Kg 17:5-6; 18:9-12
  • [b]. Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a
  • [c]. Hb obscure
  • [d]. LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus
  • [e]. Hs 10:1-2
  • [f]. Am 6:4; 1 Kg 22:39; 2 Ch 9:17
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