| 3:12 |
This is what the Lord says: As a shepherd saves from the lions mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and on the corner of their couches. |
This is what the Lord says: As a shepherd saves from the lions mouth only two leg bones or a piece of an ear, so will the Israelites be saved, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches. |
| 6:2 |
Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are you better than those kingdoms? Was their land larger than yours? |
Go to Calneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours? |
| 9:1 |
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: Smash the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Cut off the heads of all the people— those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape. |
I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Bring them down on the heads of all the people; those who are left I will kill with the sword. Not one will get away, none will escape. |
| 9:9 |
For I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, but not a kernel will fall to the ground. |
For I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is shaken in a sieve, and not a pebble will reach the ground. |