Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 3:12
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12. shepherd —a pastoral image, appropriately used by Amos, a shepherd himself. piece of . . . ear —brought by the shepherd to the owner of the sheep, so as not to have to pay for the loss ( Genesis 31:39 ; Exodus 22:13 ). So if aught of Israel escapes, it shall be a miracle of God's goodness. It shall be but a scanty remnant. There is a kind of goat in the East the ears of which are a foot long, and proportionally broad. Perhaps the reference is to this. Compare on the image 1 Samuel 17:34 ; 1 Samuel 17:35 ; 2 Timothy 4:17 . that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed —that is, that live luxuriously in Samaria (compare Amos 6:1 ; Amos 6:4 ). "A bed" means here the Oriental divan, a raised part of the room covered with cushions. in Damascus in a couch —Jeroboam II had lately restored Damascus to Israel ( 2 Kings 14:25 ; 2 Kings 14:28 ). So the Israelites are represented as not merely in "the corner of a bed," as in Samaria, but "in a (whole) couch," at Damascus, living in luxurious ease. Of these, now so luxurious, soon but a remnant shall be left by the foe. The destruction of Damascus and that of Samaria shall be conjoined; as here their luxurious lives, and subsequently under Pekah and Rezin their inroads on Judah, were combined ( Isaiah 7:1-8 ; Isaiah 8:4 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Isaiah 17:3 ). The parallelism of "Samaria" to "Damascus," and the Septuagint favor English Version rather than GESENIUS: "on a damask couch." The Hebrew pointing, though generally expressing damask, may express the city "Damascus"; and many manuscripts point it so. Compare for Israel's overthrow, 2 Kings 17:5 ; 2 Kings 17:6 ; 2 Kings 18:9-12 . return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-13" class="com-number"
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