Amos 8:14
Those that swear by the guilt of Samaria, and say, As thy god liveth, O Dan; and, As liveth the worshipped idol of Beer-sheba',—yea, they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
13On that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, O Lord, his substance, and receive favorably the work of his hands: crush the loins of those that rise up against him, and those that hate him, that they cannot rise again.
1 Kings 12:29And he placed the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.
1 Kings 13:22But didst return, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of which he had spoken to thee, Thou shalt not eat bread, nor drink water: thy dead body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
1 Kings 16:24And he bought the mount Samaria, of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the mount, and called the name of the city which he had built, after the name of Shemer, the Lord of the mount, Samaria.
2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scorned his prophets, until the fury of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Psalms 140:10(140:11) Let burning coals be cast upon them: let them be thrown into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
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 →