Amos 6:14
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588הִנְנִיhinihere IH2005מֵקִיםmekim[am] about to raise upH6965עֲלֵיכֶם'aleikhemon youH5921בֵּיתbeitO house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478נְאֻם־ne'um-[the] utterance ofH5002יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430הַצְּבָאוֹתhatzeva'ot<the> hostsH6635גּוֹיgoya nationH1471וְלָחֲצוּvelachatzuand they will oppressH3905אֶתְכֶם'etkhem<obj.> youH853מִלְּבוֹאmilevo'from LeboH935חֲמָתchamatHamathH2574עַד־'ad-toH5704נַחַלnachal[the] wadi ofH5158הָעֲרָבָה׃ סha'aravah<the> ArabahH6160
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Related verses
- 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.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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- 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.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.
- 2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.
- Hosea 10:5The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth–aven: 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.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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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Brook of the Arabah, Lebo-hamath