Amos 6:13
ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us power by our own strength?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 32:18And he said, It is not the sound of a shout of victory, neither is it the sound of a shout of defeat: it is the noise of alternate singing I hear.
Judges 9:27And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode [the grapes], and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
1 Samuel 4:5And it came to pass when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, that all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth shook.
2 Kings 14:12And Judah was routed before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
2 Chronicles 28:6And Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken Jehovah the God of their fathers.
Job 31:25If I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
Matthew Henry on Amos 6:9-14
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 8 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he… Read the whole commentary →