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Amos 6:13
You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
Amos 6:13 · Bible in Basic English
Amos 6:13 in other translations
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
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In context
10 And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.
11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.
12 Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
13 You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
14 For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.
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