So Shlomo held the feast at that time, and all Yisra'el with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Chamat to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
Amos 6:14 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Yisra'el,* says the LORD, the God Tzeva'ot; *and they will afflict you from the entrance of Chamat to the brook of the `Aravah.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the Lord, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict and oppress you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah. American Standard Version (1901) For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah. Common English Bible Indeed, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel, says the LORD God of heavenly forces, and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the desert ravine. Catholic Public Domain Version You rejoice in emptiness. You say, "Have we not, by our own strength, taken horns for ourselves?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength? |
So Shlomo held the feast at that time, and all Yisra'el with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Chamat to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
He restored the border of Yisra'el from the entrance of Chamat to the sea of the `Aravah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, which he spoke by his servant Yonah the son of Ammittai, the prophet, who was of Gat-Chefer.
In the days of Pekach king of Yisra'el came Tiglat-Pil'eser king of Ashur, and took `Iyon, and Avel-Beit-Ma`akhah, and Yano`ach, and Kedesh, and Chatzor, and Gil`ad, and the Galil, all the land of Naftali; and he carried them captive to Ashur.
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Ashur took Shomron, and carried Yisra'el away to Ashur, and placed them in Chalach, and on the Chavor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Madai.
In that day the Lord will shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Ashur, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard.
The west side shall be the great sea, from the [south] border as far as over against the entrance of Chamat. This is the west side.
The inhabitants of Shomron will be in terror for the calves of Beit-Aven; for its people will mourn over it, Along with its Kohanim who rejoiced over it, for its glory, because it has departed from it.
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: *An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.*