Amos 6:14

¹² “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

¹³ you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
ASV: For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.
DARBY: For behold, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah the God of hosts, I will raise up against you a nation; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the torrent of the Arabah.
BLB: For behold, I am raising up against you⁺ a nation, O house of Israel,” a declaration of YHWH, the God of Hosts, “And they will oppress you⁺ from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah!”

ÅB: For se, jeg vekker opp et folk mot dere, Israels hus, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og de skal undertrykke dere fra der hvor veien går til Hamat, og like til bekken i ødemarken.
[^1]: dere vil intet høre om straffens dag, og allikevel lar dere vold og urett råde blant dere.
[^2]: fordi mengden av de døde (AMO 8, 3) gjør det umulig å begrave dem.
OTB: "For se, jeg vil reise opp en nasjon mot dere, Israels hus,"
erklærer Herren, hærskarenes Gud,
"og de skal undertrykke dere fra inngangen til Hamat
til bekken av Araba."
B1930: For se, jeg opvekker et folk mot eder, Israels hus, sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud, og de skal undertrykke eder fra der hvor veien går til Hamat, og like til bekken i ødemarken.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Kings 14:25
This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.
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1 Kings 8:65
So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.
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Jeremiah 5:15–17
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
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Numbers 34:7–8
Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,
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2 Kings 17:6
In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
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Hosea 10:5
The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.
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Isaiah 7:20
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates —the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
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Isaiah 8:4–8
For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”
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