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Amos 6:14 KJV
Amos · chapter 6 · verse 14
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.Amos 6:14 · King James Version
Amos 6:14 in context
12Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- afflictlâchatsproperly, to pressH3905 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- HemathChămâthChamath, a place in SyriaH2574 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
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In the former part of the chapter we had these secure Israelites loading themselves with pleasures, as if they could never be made merry enough; here we have God loading them with punishments, as if they could never be made miserable enough. And observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14