Amos 3:9-12

Proclaim to the strongholds of Assyria and Egypt, and say to them, “Gather on the hills around Samaria; take a good, hard look at the rampant disorder within the city and see how oppressed the people are.” “They don’t even know how to do right,” declares YAHWEH. “They hoard in their palaces the spoils of their violence and extortion. Therefore, I, Lord YAHWEH, say: an enemy will soon overrun the land. He will topple your strongholds and plunder your palaces.” This is what YAHWEH says: “As a shepherd can only rescue two leg bones or a piece of an ear out of the jaws of a lion, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will only be able to salvage one leg of a bed and a piece of a headboard from their ravaged city.”