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Amos 3:12
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary [there shall be] even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
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Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.
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Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
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Verse Text
Thus saithH559 the LORDH3068; As the shepherdH7462 taketh outH5337 of the mouthH6310 of the lionH738 twoH8147 legsH3767, or a pieceH915 of an earH241; so shall the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478 be taken outH5337 that dwellH3427 in SamariaH8111 in the cornerH6285 of a bedH4296, and in DamascusH1833 in a couchH6210.
כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה כַּאֲשֶׁר יַצִּיל הָרֹעֶה מִפִּי הָאֲרִי שְׁתֵּי כְרָעַיִם אֹו בְדַל־אֹזֶן כֵּן יִנָּצְלוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּשֹׁמְרֹון בִּפְאַת מִטָּה וּבִדְמֶשֶׁק עָרֶשׂ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
כֹּה֮ |
koh | H3541 | HD | thus |
אָמַ֣ר |
'a.Mar | H559 | HVqp3ms | he says |
יְהוָה֒ |
Yah.weh | H3068 | HNp | Yahweh |
כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֩ |
ka./'a.Sher | H834 | HR/Tr | just/ as |
יַצִּ֨יל |
ya.Tzil | H5337 | HVhi3ms | he delivers |
הָ/רֹעֶ֜ה |
ha./ro.'Eh | H7462 | HTd/Vqrmsa | the/ shepherd |
מִ/פִּ֧י |
mi./Pi | H6310 | HR/Ncmsc | from/ (the) mouth of |
הָ/אֲרִ֛י |
ha./'a.Ri | H738 | HTd/Ncmsa | (the)/ lion |
שְׁתֵּ֥י |
she.Tei | H8147 | HAcfdc | two |
כְרָעַ֖יִם |
khe.ra.'A.yim | H3767 | HNcbda | legs |
א֣וֹ |
'o | H176 | HC | or |
בְדַל |
ve.dal- | H915 | HNcmsc | a piece of |
אֹ֑זֶן |
'O.zen | H241 | HNcfsa | an ear |
כֵּ֣ן |
ken | H3651 | HTm | so |
יִנָּצְל֞וּ |
yi.na.tze.Lu | H5337 | HVNi3mp | they will be delivered |
בְּנֵ֣י |
be.Nei | H1121 | HNcmpc | (the) people of |
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל |
Yis.ra.'El | H3478 | HNp | Israel |
הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ |
hai./yo.she.Vim | H3427 | HTd/Vqrmpa | who/ dwell |
בְּ/שֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן |
be./Sho.me.Ron | H8111 | HR/Np | in/ Samaria |
בִּ/פְאַ֥ת |
bi/f.'At | H6285 | HR/Ncfsc | with/ a corner of |
מִטָּ֖ה |
mi.Tah | H4296 | HNcfsa | a bed |
וּ/בִ/דְמֶ֥שֶׁק |
u./vi/d.Me.shek | H1833 | HC/R/Np | and/ with/ silk of |
עָֽרֶשׂ |
'A.res | H6210 | HNcfsa | a couch |
- H241 — אֹזֶן (ʼôzen, o'-zen): from אָזַן; broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man); [phrase] advertise, audience, [phrase] displease, ear, hearing, [phrase] show.
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H738 — אֲרִי (ʼărîy, ar-ee'): or (prolonged) [ar-yay']; from אָרָה (in the sense of violence); a lion; (young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).
- H915 — בָּדָל (bâdâl, baw-dawl'): from בָּדַל; a part; piece.
- H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
- H1833 — דְּמֶשֶׁק (dᵉmesheq, dem-eh'-shek): by orthographical variation from דַּמֶּשֶׂק; damask (as a fabric of Damascus); in Damascus.
- H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
- H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
- H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
- H3767 — כָּרָע (kârâʻ, kaw-raw'): from כָּרַע; the leg (from the knee to the ankle) of men or locusts (only in the dual); leg.
- H4296 — מִטָּה (miṭṭâh, mit-taw'): from נָטָה; a bed (as extended) forsleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier; bed(-chamber), bier.
- H5337 — נָצַל (nâtsal, naw-tsal'): a primitive root; to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense; [idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).
- H6210 — עֶרֶשׂ (ʻeres, eh'res): from an unused root meaning perhaps to arch; a couch (properly, with a canopy); bed(-stead), couch.
- H6285 — פֵּאָה (pêʼâh, pay-aw'): feminine of פֹּה; properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity; corner, end, quarter, side.
- H6310 — פֶּה (peh, peh): from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word.
- H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.
- H8111 — שֹׁמְרוֹן (Shômᵉrôwn, sho-mer-one'): from the active participle of שָׁמַר; watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine; Samaria.
- H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H176 — אוֹ (ʼôw, o): presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
- H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
- H3541 — כֹּה (kôh, ko): from the prefix k and הוּא; properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now; also, here, + hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), + mean while, yonder.
- H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- As the — 1 Samuel 17:34-37, Isaiah 31:4
- in Damascus in a couch — 1 Kings 20:34, 2 Kings 16:9
- so shall — 1 Kings 20:30, 1 Kings 22:25, Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 17:1-4, Amos 9:2-3, Romans 11:4-5
Reciprocal references (7): Exodus 22:13, 1 Samuel 17:35, Isaiah 9:14, Jeremiah 2:15, Zechariah 9:1, Zechariah 9:7, Revelation 13:2
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: SHEPHERDS
- Torrey’s: LION, THE, SAMARIA, ANCIENT
- Nave’s: DAMASCUS, SHEPHERD
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