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Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”

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ASV

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.

KJV

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַנִּשְׁבָּעִים֙ha.nish.ba.'Imthose [who] swearH7650 →
בְּאַשְׁמַ֣תbe.'ash.Matby [the] guilt ofH819 →
שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonSamariaH8111 →
וְאָמְר֗וּve.'a.me.Ruand they will sayH559 →
חֵ֤יchei[by] [the] life ofH2416 →
אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khagods yourH430 →
דָּ֔ןDanO DanH1835 →
וְחֵ֖יve.Cheiand [by] [the] lifeH2416 →
דֶּ֣רֶךְDe.rekhof [the] way ofH1870 →
בְּאֵֽר־be.'er-BeerH884 →
שָׁ֑בַעSha.va'ShebaH884 →
וְנָפְל֖וּve.na.fe.Luand they will fallH5307 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
יָק֥וּמוּya.Ku.muthey will riseH6965 →
עֽוֹד׃ סodagainH5750 →

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Amos 5:5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.1 Kings 12:28–29After seeking advice, the king made two golden calves and said to the people, “Going up to Jerusalem is too much for you. Here, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”Micah 1:5All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?Deuteronomy 9:21And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.Isaiah 24:20The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.Hosea 10:8The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”Acts 9:2and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.Amos 5:2“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.Isaiah 43:17who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: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.Acts 19:23About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.Hosea 4:15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’Acts 24:14I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,Jeremiah 25:27“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’Zephaniah 1:5those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,Hosea 13:16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.Hosea 13:2Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”

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