Amo 3:11-12 | ESV | STEP | Therefore thus says the Lord God : An adversary shall surround the land and bring down your defenses from you, and your strongholds shall be plundered .

Amos 3:11-12

11 Therefore thus says the Lord God:

^a“An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down ^{▼▼Hebrew An adversary, one who surrounds the land—he shall bring down} your defenses from you,
and ^cyour strongholds shall be plundered.”
12 Thus says the Lord: ^d“As the shepherd rescues from the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, ^eso shall the people of Israel ^fwho dwell in Samaria be rescued, with the corner of a couch and part ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} of a bed.