Thus saith the Lord: As if a shepherd should get out of the lion’s mouth two legs, or the tip of the ear: so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in a piece of a bed, and in the couch of Damascus.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
On the edge of a bed, where they lay without fear of danger. Allusion is made to the league between the Israelites and Syrians. "The children of Samaria resting confident in the aid of the Syrians, and promising themselves victory, dwell in their country, as resting on a bed or couch, that as a weary man reposes on a bed, so they may repair their strength by the aid of a neighboring nation." St. Jerome. u H means to visit, which is taken for punishing. Caeprro is pleonastic. Jer. 20 : 10. The altars shall be stricken down in the general visitation.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.