The LORD says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.”
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 12. Ear: things of small value. Thus few even of the poor will escape the Assyrians. Menochius.—Damascus. Some render “couch side.” But there is no proof of this being accurate. Jeroboam II. subdued Damascus, and reigned in prosperity. Who would then have thought that Israel should so soon be removed into Media? Calmet.—Septuagint “over-against the tribe of Juda, and in Damascus, priests hear,” and so forth They probably left hares, ( Bible.) “couches,” (Aquila) untranslated, and some person has substituted “priests.” Saint Jerome—Only the miserable Menochius. or fugitives escape the enemy. Bible.