John Trapp on Amos 3:12

Verſe 12. As the Shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the Lion] by a countrey-compariſon (as before oft) the Prophet ſets forth the fewneſſe of ſuch as ſhall eſcape the enemies hands.1 Sam. 17.35. Is it but a little that a ſhepherd dare pull out of the jawes of a Lion. Few Davids or Lyſimachuſſes, that dare look ſuch fierce creatures in the face. Something a ſhepheard in this caſe may adventure to do, that he may not be made to ſtand to the loſs Exod. 22.13. Gen 31.39. But it is not much:quibus non est lectus integer, Tarnou. Kimchi. neither are they many, that ſhall make eſcape, and thoſe few ſhall be of the poorer ſort too, that have ſcarce a corner of a bed to lye on: or ſuch as are ſick-abed and not cared for by the enemy, not counted worth the killing. Or ſuch as are in good health, but glad to hide themſelves for feare of the enemy under any bed or bench-hole, as is uſuall in the ſack of a city.

and in Damaſcus in a couch] Or in the corner of a couch. Now Samaria and Damaſcus are joyned together; becauſe they were both deſolated about the ſame time, by the ſame enemy, and for the ſame cauſe, viz. their invading Judaea in an hoſtile manner 2 King. 16.7.9. Eſay. 7.4. See the like Eſay. 8.4. and 17.3.