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Amos 6:14 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: 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. "

Amos 6:14

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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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Amos 6:1

"Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!"

Amos 6:2

"Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?"

Amos 6:3

"Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;"

Amos 6:4

"That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;"

Amos 6:5

"That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;"

Amos 6:6

"That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph."

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