KJV King James Version
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.
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Amos 6:14
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.”
WEB World English Bible
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert.
Surrounding context — Amos 6
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall 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:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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.
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כִּ֡יH3588 · kiforהִנְנִי֩H2005 · henlook!מֵקִ֨יםH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiעֲלֵיכֶ֜םH5921 · aluponבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelנְאֻם־H5002 · ne.umutteranceיְהוָ֛הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֵ֥יH430 · e.lo.himGodהַצְּבָא֖וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyגּ֑וֹיH1471 · goynationוְלָחֲצ֥וּH3905 · la.chatsto oppressאֶתְכֶ֛םH853 · et[Obj.]מִלְּב֥וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeחֲמָ֖תH2574 · cha.matHamathעַד־H5704 · adtillנַ֥חַלH5158 · na.chaltorrent: riverהָעֲרָבָֽה׃ סH6160 · a.ra.vahArabah
Cross-references
2 Kings 14:25He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which [was] of Gathhepher.1 Kings 8:65And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, [even] fourteen days.Jeremiah 5:15-17Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof [that] rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor [by] the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.Numbers 34:7-8And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:Ezekiel 47:15-17And this [shall be] the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad;Isaiah 8:4-8For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.Isaiah 7:20In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, [namely], by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.Isaiah 10:5-6O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
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