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Amos 3:12

This is what the LORD says:

“As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion

two legs or a piece of an ear,

so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued

having just the corner of a bed

or the cushion of a couch.

Amos 3:12 BSB
  1. a Or so will the Israelites be snatched away, those who sit in Samaria on the edge of their beds and in Damascus on their couches

Amos 3:12 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Samuel 17:34–37 (6 votes) and Romans 11:4–5 (4 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Exodus 22 to Revelation 13.

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Which verses does Amos 3:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 1 Samuel 17:34–376 votes

    David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock, I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it. …

  2. Romans 11:4–54 votes

    And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

  3. Isaiah 31:43 votes

    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.

  4. 1 Kings 20:302 votes

    The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

  5. 1 Kings 20:342 votes

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

  6. 1 Kings 22:252 votes

    Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”

  7. 2 Kings 16:92 votes

    So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

  8. Amos 9:2–32 votes

    Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.

  9. Isaiah 8:41 vote

    For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

  10. Isaiah 17:1–41 vote

    This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins. The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear. …

  11. Amos 6:41 vote

Which verses point to Amos 3:12?

The 10 strongest of 13.