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13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar,[a]
    who say, (A)“Have we not by our own strength
    captured Karnaim[b] for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (B)I will raise up against you a nation,
    O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from (C)Lebo-hamath
    to the Brook of (D)the Arabah.”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:13 Lo-debar means nothing
  2. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns (a symbol of strength)

13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

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