Amos 6:14
14 “Look! I am about to bring ▼▼ Or “raise up” (KJV, NASB); NIV “stir up.”
a nation against you, family ▼▼ Heb “house.”
of Israel.” The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking.
“They will oppress ▼ you all the way from Lebo-Hamath ▼
▼ Or “from the entrance to Hamath.” The Hebrew term לְבוֹא (levo’) can either be translated or considered a part of the place name.
to the Stream of the Arabah.” ▼▼ Lebo-Hamath refers to the northern border of Israel, the Stream of the Arabah to its southern border. See 2 Kgs 14:25. Through this invader the Lord would reverse the victories and territorial expansion Israel experienced during the reign of Jeroboam II.
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