Amos 6:13
You who rejoice over Lo Debar, 1 who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim by our own strength?” 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 32:18But Moses said, 1 “It is not the sound of a victor, 1 and not the sound of defeated people, 1 but the sound of singing that I hear.”
Judges 9:27They went out into the field and gathered grapes from the vineyards, and they trampled on them. They held a festival in the house of their god, where they ate and drank, and they cursed Abimelech.
1 Samuel 4:5When the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, all of the people of Israel gave a great shout, and the earth resounded.
2 Kings 14:12Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled home.
2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah son of Remaliah in one day killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah and all of them were powerful men, because they had forsaken Yahweh the God of their ancestors.
Job 31:25if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, 1 because my hand had gotten many possessions, 1 then bring charges against me! 1
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 →