Amos 3:12 Cross References

Amos 3:12

12: This is what the LORD says: "A shepherd who tries to rescue a sheep from a lion's mouth will recover only two legs and a piece of ear. So it will be when the Israelites in Samaria are rescued with only a broken chair and a tattered pillow.

1 Samuel 17:34

  1. But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
  2. I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
  3. I have done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!
  4. The LORD who saved me from the claws of the lion and the bear will save me from this Philistine!" Saul finally consented. "All right, go ahead," he said. "And may the LORD be with you!"

Romans 11:4

  1. And do you remember God's reply? He said, "You are not the only one left. I have seven thousand others who have never bowed down to Baal!"
  2. It is the same today, for not all the Jews have turned away from God. A few are being saved as a result of God's kindness in choosing them.

Amos 9:2

  1. "Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.
  2. Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the great sea serpent after them to bite and destroy them.

Isaiah 31:4

  1. But the LORD has told me this: "When a lion, even a young one, kills a sheep, it pays no attention to the shepherd's shouts and noise. It just goes right on eating. In the same way, the LORD Almighty will come and fight on Mount Zion. He will not be frightened away!

1 Kings 20:30

  1. The rest fled behind the walls of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the city and hid in a secret room.

1 Kings 22:25

  1. And Micaiah replied, "You will find out soon enough when you find yourself hiding in some secret room!"

Isaiah 17:1

  1. This message came to me concerning Damascus: "Look, Damascus will disappear! It will become a heap of ruins.
  2. The cities of Aroer will be deserted. Sheep will graze in the streets and lie down unafraid. There will be no one to chase them away.
  3. The fortified cities of Israel will also be destroyed, and the power of Damascus will end. The few left in Aram will share the fate of Israel's departed glory," says the LORD Almighty.
  4. "In that day the glory of Israel will be very dim, for poverty will stalk the land.

1 Kings 20:34

  1. Ben-hadad told him, "I will give back the towns my father took from your father, and you may establish places of trade in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria." Then Ahab said, "I will let you go under these conditions." So they made a treaty, and Ben-hadad was set free.

Isaiah 8:4

  1. This name prophesies that within a couple of years, before this child is old enough to say `Papa' or `Mama,' the king of Assyria will invade both Damascus and Samaria and carry away their riches."

Amos 6:4

  1. How terrible it will be for you who sprawl on ivory beds surrounded with luxury, eating the meat of tender lambs and choice calves.

2 Kings 16:9

  1. So the Assyrians attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. They also killed King Rezin.
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