Amos 6:14

KJV1611 – Modern English

But behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For behold, I am raising up against you, house of Israel—this is the declaration of the LORD, the God of Hosts—a nation that will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Well, take hede, o ye house off Israel, sayeth the LORDE God of hoostes: I wil brynge a people vpo you, which shall trouble you, from the waye that goeth towarde Hemath, vnto the broke in the medowe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But behold, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, sayeth the Lorde God of hostes: and they shal afflict you, from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of the wildernes.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But behold, I wil rayse vp against you a nation O house of Israel, sayth the Lorde God of hoastes, and they shall afflict you from the entring of Hemath, vnto the riuer of the wildernesse.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," Says Yahweh, the God of hosts; "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “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 rift valley.”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:65 : 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the River of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
  • 2 Kgs 14:25 : 25 He restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-Hepher.
  • Jer 5:15-17 : 15 Behold, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, says the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, neither understand what they say. 16 Their quiver is like an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fortified cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword.
  • Ezek 47:15-17 : 15 And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, by the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. 17 And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. This is the north side.
  • Hos 10:5 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests who rejoiced on it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
  • Num 34:7-8 : 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall designate for yourselves Mount Hor. 8 From Mount Hor you shall designate your border to the entrance of Hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad.
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 17:6 : 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria, and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  • Isa 7:20 : 20 In that same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by those beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
  • Isa 8:4-8 : 4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. 5 The LORD spoke also to me again, saying, 6 Because this people refuses the waters of Shiloah that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; 7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: 8 And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
  • Isa 10:5-6 : 5 O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. 6 I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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