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Amos 6:8-14
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8 Lord Yahweh has (A)sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:
“I (B)abhor the lofty pride of Jacob
And hate his (C)citadels;
Therefore I will (D)deliver up the city as well as its fullness.”

9 And it will be, if (E)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [a]uncle, or the one who [b](F)burns his bones, will lift him up to bring out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [c]answer, “(G)Keep quiet. For [d]the name of Yahweh is (H)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, Yahweh is going to (I)command and will strike the (J)great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [e]them with oxen?
Yet you have overturned (K)justice into gall
And the fruit of righteousness into [f]wormwood,
13 You who are glad in [g](L)Lo-debar
[h]And say, “Have we not (M)by our own strength taken [i]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (N)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,
“And they will press down on you from [j](O)Lebo-hamath
To the (P)brook of the Arabah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
  2. Amos 6:10 Lit burns him
  3. Amos 6:10 Lit say
  4. Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention of the name of
  5. Amos 6:12 Or the sea with oxen
  6. Amos 6:12 Or bitterness
  7. Amos 6:13 Lit a thing of nothing
  8. Amos 6:13 Lit Who
  9. Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns
  10. Amos 6:14 Or the entrance of Hamath
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Amos 6:8-14
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The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel

8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(A)—the Lord God Almighty declares:

“I abhor(B) the pride of Jacob(C)
    and detest his fortresses;(D)
I will deliver up(E) the city
    and everything in it.(F)”

9 If ten(G) people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](H) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(I) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

11 For the Lord has given the command,
    and he will smash(J) the great house(K) into pieces
    and the small house into bits.(L)

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
    Does one plow the sea[b] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison(M)
    and the fruit of righteousness(N) into bitterness(O)—
13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar[c]
    and say, “Did we not take Karnaim[d] by our own strength?(P)”

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

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead
  2. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there
  3. Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
  4. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.
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