God’s Reasons for Punishing Israel
1 Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:(A)
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Does a lion roar(E) in the forest
when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?
5 when it has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from its lair
unless it has captured something?
Does a bird land in a trap on the ground
if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?
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8 if there is no bait for it?
Does a trap spring from the ground
when it has caught nothing?
11 Therefore, the Lord God says:
12 The Lord says:
As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,(V)
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed(W)
or the(b) cushion(c) of a couch.(d)(X)
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth,(V)
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed(W)
or the(b) cushion(c) of a couch.(d)(X)
Footnotes:
a.
Amos 3:3: LXX reads without meeting
b.
Amos 3:12: Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a
c.
Amos 3:12: Hb obscure
d.
Amos 3:12: LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus
Cross references:
E.
Amos 3:4:
Psalm 104:21
W.
Amos 3:12:
Psalm 132:3
Y.
Amos 3:13:
Ezekiel 2:7
AB.
Amos 3:14:
Hosea 10:1-2
AC.
Amos 3:15:
Jeremiah 36:22
AD.
Amos 3:15:
Judges 3:20