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Amos 6:14

For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

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ASV

For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.

KJV

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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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֡יkiforH3588 →
הִנְנִי֩hi.Nihere IH2005 →
מֵקִ֨יםme.Kim[am] about to raise upH6965 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921 →
בֵּ֣יתbeitO house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
נְאֻם־ne.'um-[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
הַצְּבָא֖וֹתha.tze.va.'ot<the> hostsH6635 →
גּ֑וֹיGoya nationH1471 →
וְלָחֲצ֥וּve.la.cha.Tzuand they will oppressH3905 →
אֶתְכֶ֛ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
מִלְּב֥וֹאmi.le.Vo'from LeboH935 →
חֲמָ֖תcha.MatHamathH2574 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
נַ֥חַלNa.chal[the] wadi ofH5158 →
הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ סha.'a.ra.Vah<the> ArabahH6160 →

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1 Kings 8:65So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more days—fourteen days in all.2 Kings 14:25This Jeroboam restored the boundary of Israel from Lebo-hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word that the LORD, the God of Israel, had spoken through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher.Jeremiah 5:15–17Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.Amos 3:11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”Isaiah 7:20On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.Isaiah 8:4–8For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”Numbers 34:7–8Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,Ezekiel 47:15–17This shall be the boundary of the land:2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.2 Kings 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.2 Chronicles 7:8So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a very great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast for seven days.Ezekiel 47:16On the north side it will extend from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon through Lebo-hamath to Zedad, Berothah, and Sibraim (which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath), as far as Hazer-hatticon, which is on the border of Hauran.Zechariah 9:2and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.Isaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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