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Amos 6:8-14
New American Standard Bible 1995

8 The Lord [a]God has (A)sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I (B)loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And [b]detest his (C)citadels;
Therefore I will (D)deliver up the city and [c]all it contains.”

9 And it will be, if (E)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [d]uncle, or his [e](F)undertaker, will lift him up to carry 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 [f]answer, “(G)Keep quiet. For [g]the name of the Lord is (H)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, the Lord is going to (I)command that the (J)great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [h]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (K)justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into [i]wormwood,
13 You who rejoice in [j](L)Lodebar,
[k]And say, “Have we not (M)by our own strength taken [l]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (N)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the (O)entrance of Hamath
To the (P)brook of the Arabah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Amos 6:8 Lit hate
  3. Amos 6:8 Lit its fullness
  4. Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
  5. Amos 6:10 Lit one who burns him
  6. Amos 6:10 Lit say
  7. Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention of the name of
  8. Amos 6:12 Another reading is the sea with oxen
  9. Amos 6:12 I.e. bitterness
  10. Amos 6:13 Lit a thing of nothing
  11. Amos 6:13 Lit Who
  12. Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns
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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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