Amos 3:12

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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  cushion  of a couch.  ,

Cross References

Isaiah 31:4

For this is what the Lord said to me: As a lion or young lion growls over its prey when a band of shepherds is called out against it, and it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their noise, so the Lord of Armies will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill.

2 Kings 16:9

So the king of Assyria listened to him  and marched up to Damascus and captured it.  He deported its people to Kir  but put Rezin to death.

1 Kings 22:25

Micaiah replied, ‘You will soon see when you go to hide in an inner chamber on that day.’

1 Kings 20:34

Then Ben-hadad said to him, ‘I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,  and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.’ Ahab responded, ‘On the basis of this treaty, I release you.’ So he made a treaty with him and released him.

1 Kings 20:30

The ones who remained fled into the city of Aphek, and the wall fell on those twenty-seven thousand remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled and went into an inner room  in the city.

Amos 6:4

They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Isaiah 8:4

for before the boy knows how to call “Father”, or “Mother”,  the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria will be carried off to the king of Assyria.’

Esther 1:6

White and blue linen hangings were fastened with fine white and purple linen cords to silver rods on marble  columns. Gold and silver couches  were arranged on a mosaic pavement of red feldspar,  marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.

Esther 7:8

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,  Haman was falling on the couch  where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, ‘Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the house? ’ As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Amos 9:8

Look, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom, and I will obliterate it from the face of the earth. However, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob   – this is the  Lord’s declaration –

Isaiah 17:7

On that day people will look to their Maker and will turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.