¹² These are the words of the Lord: As the keeper of sheep takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs or part of an ear; so will the children of Israel be made safe, who are resting in Samaria on seats of honour or on the silk cushions of a bed.

¹⁰ O my crushed ones, the grain of my floor! I have given you the word which came to me from the Lord of armies, the God of Israel.