Punishment of Israel’s Sins
And in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say:
‘Assemble on the mountains of Samaria;
See great tumults in her midst,
And the1 oppressed within her.
Says the Lord,
‘Who store up violence and1 robbery in their palaces.’ ”
“An adversary shall be all around the land;
He shall sap your strength from you,
And your palaces shall be plundered.”
“As a shepherd1 takes from the mouth of a lion
Two legs or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Israel be taken out
Who dwell in Samaria—
In the corner of a bed and1 on the edge of a couch!
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Amos 3:9
Publish in the palaces - The housetops or flat roofs were the places from which public declarations were made. See on Isaiah 21:1 (note), and on Matthew 10:27 (note). See whether in those places there be not tumults, oppressions, and rapine sufficient to excite my wrath against them.
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