Amos 8:14
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.
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In Context
13In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, Jehovah, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
1 Kings 12:29And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
1 Kings 13:22but camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings 16:24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, Samaria.
2 Chronicles 36:16but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Psalms 140:10Let burning coals fall upon them: Let them be cast into the fire, Into deep pits, whence they shall not rise.
Matthew Henry on Amos 8:12-14
Spiritual Famine Threatened; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 785.) 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God , that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord : 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord , and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say,… Read the whole commentary →