...east. So again, in the apparently rude expression contained in chap. iii. 12. The prophet speaking of " the shepherd taking out of the mouth of the lion two legs or the piece of an ear," refers to the custom among the Jews of the proprietors of cattle expecting from...

...like David, he is killing the bear and the lion ', or when, like the Shepherd described by Amos, he is taking out " of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear 2," are very different from the Shepherd's aspect, when watering his flock at the well in the evening,...

...them into the lion's mouth to be devoured, out of which they had been taken, " as the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion, two legs or a piece of an ear," as the prophet Amos speaketh, or as so many firebrands pluckt out of the burning, resolves, like a...

...Sam. xvii. 34 — 36). To this Amos appears to allude in the comparison : — " As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece TOWERS IN THE DESERT. of an ear " (Amos iii. 12). Their duties also led them into wild districts, where...

...thus spread out underneath, it is therefore called a bed; as also in Amos, "As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the sons of Israel be taken out, that dwell in Samaria, in the corner of a bed, and in the...

...to satisfy the owner as to its loss. This is alluded to by Amos (iii. 12), " As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear," &c. This somewhat remarkable custom meets one constantly in the East in some shape or other, for it...

...length." There may be a reference to this characteristic in Amos, iii. 12, — " As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear." Dr. Kitto thinks that " it is not • impossible that the celebrated Angora species of goat, with its...

...Samaria, should escape from ihe power of their enemies : " Thus saith the Lord, as the shepherd taketh way`b + so shall the children of Israel l>e taken out that dwell in Samaria." The daring intrepidity, the admirable...

...strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. Thus saith the Lord ; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus...

...few, a remnant, in many places, and to enable them to escape. It maybe said, " As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear," so from out of the mouth of this great Apostasy hath been taken a small people, whose earnest desire...