Amos 6:13
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
World Messianic Bible British
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 32:18He said, “It isn’t the voice of those who shout for victory. It is not the voice of those who cry for being overcome; but the noise of those who sing that I hear.”
Judges 9:27They went out into the field, harvested their vineyards, trod the grapes, celebrated, and went into the house of their god and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.
1 Samuel 4:5When the ark of the LORD’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.
2 Kings 14:12Judah was defeated by Israel; and each man fled to his tent.
2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah one hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Job 31:25If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;
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 →