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Amos 6:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Amos 6:14

Verse 14 of 14

Scripture focus

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.

Amos 6:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Amos 6:14

Theological / Devotional

A nation. A reference to the Assyrians, who, as the instruments of God’s wrath (see Isa. 10:5, 6), would invade Israel from the north, specifically “from the entering in of Hemath [Hamath],” a city in upper Syria (see on Num. 34:8; Amos 6:2). Compare similar expressions given at other times as a warning that continued refusal to repent would bring national disaster (see Isa. 5:26; Jer. 5:15).

Wilderness. Heb. ‘arabah. The Arabah is the depression extending from the Sea of Galilee to the Gulf of Aqabah (see on Deut. 1:1). The river of the Arabah probably designates some stream flowing into the northern end of the Dead Sea. Significantly enough, these northern and southern limits mark the territory recovered by Jeroboam II in the time of Israel’s greatest prosperity (see 2 Kings 14:25).

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