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“and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.” <a href="/bsb/amos/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.” <a href="/kjv/amos/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/amos/6.htm">New King James Version</a> “But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” Says the LORD God of hosts; “And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the Valley of the Arabah.” <a href="/nasb_/amos/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, House of Israel,” declares the LORD God of armies, “And they will torment you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah.” <a href="/nasb/amos/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,&#8221 declares the LORD God of hosts, &#8220And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/amos/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For behold, 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 entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah.” <a href="/lsb/amos/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts, “And they will press down on you from Lebo-hamath To the brook of the Arabah.” <a href="/amp/amos/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “For behold, I am going to stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of hosts, “And they will afflict and torment you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath [in the north] To the brook of the Arabah [in the south].” <a href="/csb/amos/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel — this is the declaration of the Lord, the GOD of Armies — and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah. <a href="/hcsb/amos/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> But look, I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel— this is the declaration of the Lord, the GOD of Hosts— and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah. <a href="/asv/amos/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/amos/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But the LORD God All-Powerful will send a nation to attack you people of Israel. They will capture Lebo-Hamath in the north, Arabah Creek in the south, and everything in between. <a href="/erv/amos/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> For, 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 Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah. <a href="/gwt/amos/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I am going to lead a nation to attack you, nation of Israel, declares the LORD God of the Armies of the Nations. They will oppress you from the border of Hamath to the valley of Arabah. <a href="/gnt/amos/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD God Almighty himself says, "People of Israel, I am going to send a foreign army to occupy your country. It will oppress you from Hamath Pass in the north to the Brook of the Arabah in the south." <a href="/isv/amos/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> "So look, house of Israel! I will raise up a nation against you," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "and they will harass you from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of the wilderness." <a href="/msb/amos/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/amos/6.htm">NET Bible</a> "Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel." The LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking. "They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah." <a href="/nheb/amos/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For, look, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of hosts; "and they will afflict you from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi Arabah." <a href="/wbt/amos/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness. <a href="/web/amos/6.htm">World English Bible</a> For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> “Surely, behold, I am raising a nation against you, O house of Israel,” "" A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts, "" “And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, "" To the stream of the desert.” <a href="/ylt/amos/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert. <a href="/slt/amos/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For behold, I raise up against you, O house of Israel, says Jehovah God of armies, a nation; and they pressed you from the entrance of Hamath, even to the torrent of the sterile region.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. <a href="/cpdv/amos/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> <V 6:15>For behold, house of Israel, I will raise up a people over you, says the Lord God of hosts, and they will crush you from the entrance of Hamath all the way to the burning of the desert. <a href="/nabre/amos/6.htm">New American Bible</a> Look, I am raising up against you, house of Israel— oracle of the LORD, the God of hosts— A nation that shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath even to the Wadi Arabah. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Indeed, I am raising up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD, the God of hosts, and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Wadi Arabah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall drive you away from the entrance of Hamath to the valley of Arabah. <a href="/hpbt/amos/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because, behold, I am raising up a people against you, house of Israel, says LORD JEHOVAH, God of Hosts, and they shall drive you out from the entrance of Khamath and unto the valley of Araba <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For, 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 entrance of Hamath unto the Brook of the Arabah. <a href="/sep/amos/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Aemath, and as it were from the river of the wilderness. <a href="/parallel/amos/6-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=1114" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/6.htm">The Pride of Israel</a> …13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’ 14<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: mê·qîm (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">I will raise up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w (N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">O house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3905.htm" title="3905: wə·lā·ḥă·ṣū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To squeeze, press, oppress. A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. to distress.">“and they will oppress</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: mil·lə·ḇō·w (Prep-m, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">from Lebo-hamath</a> <a href="/hebrew/2574.htm" title="2574: ḥă·māṯ (N-proper-fs) -- A place N. of Damascus. From the same as chowmah; walled; Chamath, a place in Syria."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/5158.htm" title="5158: na·ḥal (N-msc) -- Or nachlah; or nachalah; from nachal in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; a valley; also a shaft.">the Brook</a> <a href="/hebrew/6160.htm" title="6160: hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From arab; a desert; especially the sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea.">of the Arabah.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">2 Kings 14:25</a> This 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. <a href="/amos/5-27.htm">Amos 5:27</a> Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts. <a href="/isaiah/9-11.htm">Isaiah 9:11-12</a> The LORD has raised up the foes of Rezin against him and joined his enemies together. / Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <a href="/hosea/7-11.htm">Hosea 7:11-12</a> So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria. / As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together. <a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">Jeremiah 5:15-17</a> Behold, 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. / Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men. / They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.” <a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49-52</a> The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand, / a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. / They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish. ... <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a> Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets. <a href="/hosea/10-14.htm">Hosea 10:14</a> the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children. <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18-20</a> On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria. / And they will all come and settle in the steep ravines and clefts of the rocks, in all the thornbushes and watering holes. / On 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. <a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Jeremiah 4:6-7</a> Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction. / A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited. <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Isaiah 8:7-8</a> the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates—the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks. / It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel! <a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a> In 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. <a href="/2_kings/18-11.htm">2 Kings 18:11</a> The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. <a href="/acts/7-43.htm">Acts 7:43</a> You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’ <a href="/matthew/11-21.htm">Matthew 11:21-24</a> “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. / But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. / And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, said the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness.I will.<a href="/2_kings/15-29.htm">2 Kings 15:29</a> In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.<a href="/isaiah/7-20.htm">Isaiah 7:20</a> In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.from.<a href="/numbers/34-8.htm">Numbers 34:8</a> From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:<a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">1 Kings 8:65</a> And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.<a href="/ezekiel/47-15.htm">Ezekiel 47:15-17</a> And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; … river.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-8.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-28.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Cruelly</a> <a href="/amos/4-13.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-20.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-1.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/amos/6-3.htm">Far</a> <a href="/amos/6-2.htm">Hamath</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">Hemath</a> <a href="/amos/6-8.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/amos/6-11.htm">House</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-15.htm">Lebo</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/3-9.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/hosea/7-4.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">River</a> <a href="/hosea/11-12.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/joel/3-9.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-19.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/amos/1-5.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/amos/5-5.htm">Way</a> <a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/nahum/1-12.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-10.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/john/18-1.htm">Brook</a> <a href="/matthew/15-22.htm">Cruelly</a> <a href="/amos/8-3.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/matthew/9-23.htm">Entering</a> <a href="/matthew/5-20.htm">Entrance</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-20.htm">Far</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-2.htm">Hamath</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-55.htm">Hemath</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/amos/7-9.htm">House</a> <a href="/amos/7-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/34-8.htm">Lebo</a> <a href="/micah/4-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/micah/2-2.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/amos/9-11.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Raising</a> <a href="/amos/8-8.htm">River</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-14.htm">Ruling</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-1.htm">Stir</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/amos/7-11.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/luke/6-48.htm">Torrent</a> <a href="/micah/1-6.htm">Valley</a> <a href="/amos/8-14.htm">Way</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-13.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 6</div>1. <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">The wantonness of Israel,</a> 7. <a href="/amos/6-7.htm">shall be plagued with desolation;</a> 12. <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "nation" refers to the Assyrians, who historically conquered Israel in 722 BC. The term "raise up" suggests God's sovereignty in using other nations as instruments of His judgment. The "house of Israel" refers to the ten northern tribes, emphasizing their collective identity and responsibility. The title "LORD, the God of Hosts" underscores God's supreme authority and power over heavenly and earthly armies, reinforcing the certainty of the impending judgment.and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah. "Lebo-hamath" marks the northern boundary of Israel, while the "Brook of the Arabah" refers to the southern boundary, likely the Wadi Arabah near the Dead Sea. This phrase indicates the totality of the coming oppression, spanning the entire length of the nation. The geographical markers highlight the comprehensive nature of the judgment, leaving no part of Israel untouched. This oppression fulfills earlier warnings given by prophets like Hosea and Isaiah, who also spoke of Assyrian conquest. The phrase serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of Israel's persistent idolatry and injustice, themes prevalent throughout the book of Amos.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord,_the_god_of_hosts.htm">The LORD, the God of Hosts</a> This title emphasizes God's supreme authority and power over all heavenly armies, underscoring His ability to execute judgment. 2. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a> Refers to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, which was often characterized by idolatry and social injustice during the time of Amos. 3. <a href="/topical/l/lebo-hamath.htm">Lebo-hamath</a> A northern boundary of Israel, indicating the extent of the land that would experience oppression. 4. <a href="/topical/b/brook_of_the_arabah.htm">Brook of the Arabah</a> A southern boundary, suggesting the comprehensive nature of the coming judgment across the entire land of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/a/a_nation.htm">A Nation</a> Though not specified in this verse, historically, this refers to Assyria, which God used as an instrument of judgment against Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a> God is sovereign and uses nations as instruments of His will. This should remind us of His ultimate control over world events and our need to trust in His plans. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Persistent sin and rebellion against God lead to judgment. We must examine our lives for areas of disobedience and seek repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_social_justice.htm">The Call to Social Justice</a> The context of Amos highlights Israel's social injustices. As believers, we are called to uphold justice and righteousness in our communities. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_boundaries.htm">The Importance of Boundaries</a> The mention of geographical boundaries (Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah) signifies the totality of God's judgment. We should consider the boundaries in our lives that God has set for our protection and blessing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 6</a> <a href="/q/is_there_proof_of_amos_6_14's_oppressor.htm">Did an oppressor “from Hamath to the valley of the Arabah” (Amos 6:14) truly arise, and is there historical proof of this event?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_''three_sins,_even_four''_mean.htm">What does 'three sins, even four' mean in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/is_hamath's_border_in_israel_historical.htm">Are there historical records outside the Bible confirming the entrance to Hamath (v. 8) as part of Israel’s border, or is it solely a biblical claim? </a> <a href="/q/where's_proof_of_israel's_expansion.htm">In Isaiah 54:2–3, where is the historical or archaeological evidence that Israel expanded its territory so extensively? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) From . . . unto.--The entire limits of the kingdom of Israel after the victories of Jeroboam II. were, according to <a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm" title="He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher.">2Kings 14:25</a>, identical with the region which is here threatened with invasion, i.e., extending from the mouth of the Orontes valley (comp. <a href="/numbers/34-8.htm" title="From mount Hor you shall point out your border to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:">Numbers 34:8</a>; <a href="/joshua/13-5.htm" title="And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rise, from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Hamath.">Joshua 13:5</a>) to the Wady el Ahsa, the southern boundary of Moab. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/15-7.htm" title="Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.">Isaiah 15:7</a>, where the Hebrew name appears under a slightly different form, implying "torrent of the poplars.")<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - I will raise up (comp. <a href="/1_kings/11-14.htm">1 Kings 11:14, 23</a>; <a href="/habakkuk/1-6.htm">Habakkuk 1:6</a>, where see note). A nation. The Assyrians. From the entering in of Hamath. A district in the upper part of Coele-Syria, hod. El-Bukaa, the northern boundary of the kingdom of Israel (<a href="/numbers/34-8.htm">Numbers 34:8</a>; see on ver. 2). The river of the wilderness; rather, the torrent of the Arabah, which is the curious depression in which the Jordan flows, and which continues. though now on a higher level, south of the Dead Sea, towards the Gulf of Akaba. The torrent is probably the Wady es Safieh, just south of the Dead Sea. The limits named define the territory which Jeroboam recovered (<a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">2 Kings 14:25</a>). The LXX. gives, τοῦ χειμάῥῤου τῶν δυσμῶν, "the torrent of the west." <a href="/commentaries/amos/6-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֡י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction behold, הִנְנִי֩ (hin·nî) Interjection | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! I will raise up מֵקִ֨ים (mê·qîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> To arise, stand up, stand a nation גּ֑וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts against you, עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against O house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel,” יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc declares נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> An oracle the LORD, יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֥י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Hosts, הַצְּבָא֖וֹת (haṣ·ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Article | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign “and they will oppress וְלָחֲצ֥וּ (wə·lā·ḥă·ṣū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3905.htm">Strong's 3905: </a> To squeeze, press, oppress you אֶתְכֶ֛ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case from Lebo-hamath מִלְּב֥וֹא (mil·lə·ḇō·w) Preposition-m, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the Brook נַ֥חַל (na·ḥal) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5158.htm">Strong's 5158: </a> A stream, a winter torrent, a, valley, a shaft of the Arabah.” הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ (hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6160.htm">Strong's 6160: </a> Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/6-14.htm">Amos 6:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 6:14 For behold I will raise up against (Amo. 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