Amos 6:15
But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ecce enim suscitabo super vos, domus Israël, dicit Dominus Deus exercituum, gentem, et conteret vos ab introitu Emath usque ad torrentem deserti.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Amos 6:14
- διότι ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπεγείρω ἐφ᾽ ὑμᾶς, οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, ἔθνος, λέγει Κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων, καὶ ἐκθλίψουσιν ὑμᾶς τοῦ μὴ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς Ἑμὰθ καὶ ὡς τοῦ χειμάρρου τῶν δυσμῶν.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Amos 6:14
- כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵקִ֨ים עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נְאֻם יְהוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַצְּבָא֖וֹת גּ֑וֹי וְלָחֲצ֥וּ אֶתְכֶ֛ם מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֖ת עַד נַ֥חַל הָעֲרָבָֽה
Haydock's commentary
Nation; the Assyrians.
Desert, commonly called Bezor, (Calmet) between Damietta and Rhinocorura. (St. Jerome)
The whole territory of Israel, reaching so far, (ver. 2.) shall be laid waste. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome Against the Pelagians, Book II
Amos vi. 14 . “We have taken us horns by our own strength.” These are the boasts of heretics. But