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Amos 6:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’ "

Amos 6:13

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11 “For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

13 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’

14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”

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Amos 6:1

"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!"

Amos 6:2

"Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?"

Amos 6:3

"Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,"

Amos 6:4

"who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,"

Amos 6:5

"who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;"

Amos 6:6

"who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph."

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