Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the sin of Samaria + 8:14 Instead of the sin of Samaria , some versions have Ashimah of Samaria. Ashimah was the name of a pagan goddess worshiped in some parts of Syria . 1 and say, 'As your god lives, Dan,' 1 and, 'As the way to Beersheba exists'— + 8:14 The Hebrew text has As the way to Beersheba exists , where this might refer to what people going to worship Beersheba's idols might have said. However, some versions want to change the Hebrew text to read As the loved one of Beersheba lives . Here “loved one” stands for an idol worshiped in Beersheba. 1 they will fall and never rise again.”

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In The King James Version

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

In Context

13In that day the beautiful virgins 1 and the young men will faint from thirst. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:11Bless, Yahweh, his possessions, 1 and accept the work of his hands. 1 Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him, 1 and those of the people who hate him, so that they do not rise up again.

1 Kings 12:29He set up one in Bethel and the other in Dan.

1 Kings 13:22but came back and have eaten food and drunk water in the place about which Yahweh told you to eat no food and drink no water, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your fathers.'”

1 Kings 16:24He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He built a city on the hill and called the name of the city Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the past owner of the hill.

2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked God's messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no help for it.

Psalms 140:10Let burning coals fall on them; 1 throw them into the fire, 1 into bottomless pits, never more to rise. 1

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 →

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