Amos 8:14
they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Beersheba, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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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, Lord, his strength, 1 And accept the works of his hands; 1 Break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, 1 And let not them that hate him rise up.
1 Kings 12:29And he put one in Bethel, and he put the other in Dan.
1 Kings 13:22but hast returned, and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he spoke to thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat bread, and shalt not drink water; therefore thy body shall in nowise enter into the sepulcher of thy fathers.
1 Kings 16:24And Omri bought the Mount Samaria of Shemer the lord of the mountain for two talents of silver; and he built upon the mountain, and they called the name of the mountain on which he built, after the name of Shemer the lord of the mount, Samaria.
2 Chronicles 36:16Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nought his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy.
Psalms 140:10Sinners shall fall by their own net: 1 I am alone until I shall escape.
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 →