Amo 3:12 | HCSB | STEP | 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 .

Amos 3:12

12 The Lord says:

As the shepherd snatches two legs
or a piece of an ear
from the lion’s mouth, ^a
so the Israelites who live in Samaria
will be rescued
with only the corner of a bed ^b
or the ^{▼▼Or Israelites will be rescued, those who sit in Samaria on a corner of a bed or a} cushion ^{▼▼Hb obscure} of a couch. ^{▼▼LXX, Aq, Sym, Theod, Syr, Tg, Vg read or in Damascus
,} ^f