13 You who rejoice in [a](A)Lodebar,
[b]And say, “Have we not (B)by our own strength taken [c]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (C)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
House of Israel,” declares the Lord God of armies,
“And they will torment you from the (D)entrance of Hamath
To the (E)brook of the Arabah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:13 Lit nothing
  2. Amos 6:13 Lit Who say
  3. Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns

13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar[a]
    and say, “Did we not take Karnaim[b] by our own strength?(A)

14 For the Lord God Almighty declares,
    “I will stir up a nation(B) against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
    from Lebo Hamath(C) to the valley of the Arabah.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
  2. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.

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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