Amo 6:14 | HCSB | STEP | But look , I am raising up a nation against you, house of Israel – this is the declaration of the Lord , the God of Hosts – and they will oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah .

‏ Amos 6:14

14 But look, I am raising up a nation
against you, house of Israel ^a –
this is the declaration of the Lord,

the God of Hosts –

and they will oppress you
from the entrance of Hamath ^{▼▼Or from Lebo-hamath
,} ^c
to the Brook of the ^{▼▼Arabah: The section of the Great Rift in Palestine, extending from the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqabah. The Hebrew word can also be translated as "plain," referring to any plain or to any part of the Arabah.}Arabah. ^{▼▼Probably the Valley of Zared at the southeast end of the Dead Sea}