Amos 3:9-15

⁹Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic within her and the oppressions in her midst. ¹⁰But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who store up violence and devastation in their citadels.”

¹¹Therefore, this is what the Lord God says:

“An enemy, one surrounding the land,

Will take down your fortifications from you,

And your citadels will be looted.”

¹²This is what the Lord says:

“Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion’s mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear,

So will the sons of Israel living in Samaria be snatched away—

With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch!

13“Hear and testify against the house of Jacob,”

Declares the Lord God, the God of armies.

14“For on the day that I punish Israel’s offenses,

I will also punish the altars of Bethel;

The horns of the altar will be cut off,

And will fall to the ground.

15“I will also strike the winter house together with the summer house;

The houses of ivory will also perish,

And the great houses will come to an end,”

Declares the Lord.