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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Amos 8:14
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Those who swear by the Guilt of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,' and, ‘As the Way of Beersheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again."
They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and that say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the maner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
Those who swear by the guilt of Samariaand say, “As your god lives, Dan,”or, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”—they will fall, never to rise again.
Those who swear by the sin of Shomron, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Be'er-Sheva lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."
they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, [As] thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, [As] the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
They made promises by the sin of Samaria, They said, ‘Dan, as surely as your god lives, we promise ….' And they said, ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba lives, we promise ….' But they will fall and never get up again."
"Those who swear [their oaths] by the sin (guilt) of Samaria or Ashimah (a pagan goddess), Who say, 'By the life of your god [the golden calf], O Dan!' And [swear], 'By the life of the way of [idolatrous] Beersheba,' They shall fall and not rise again."
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or, 'As surely as the Way of Beersheba lives'-they will fall, never to rise again."
You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.
Those who swear by the sin of Shomron, who say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives,' and, ‘As the way of Be'er-Sheva lives' — they will fall and never get up again."
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: 'As thy God, O Dan, liveth'; and: 'As the way of Beer-sheba liveth'; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
They that sweare by the sinne of Samaria, and say, Thy God, O Dan, liueth, and the manner of Beer-sheba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
They that swere by the sinne of Samaria, & that say, Thy God O Dan liueth, & the maner of Beerseba liueth, euen they shall fall, and neuer rise vp againe.
they who swear by the propitiation of Samaria, and who say, Thy god, O Dan, lives; and, Thy god, O Bersabee, lives; and they shall fall, and shall no more rise again.
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy God, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
These are those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘By the life of your gods, O Dan,' and ‘By the life of the way of Beersheba,' they will fall and they will not rise again."
They who swear by the guilt of Samaria, and say, As your God lives, O Dan! And, As the way of Beer-sheba lives! Even they shall fall, and not rise again.
They make promises by the idol in Samaria and say, ‘As surely as the god of Dan lives... ' and, ‘As surely as the god of Beersheba lives, we promise... ' So they will fall and never get up again."
These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or ‘As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get up again."
14 Those who swear by the sin [fn] of Samaria,Who say,'As your god lives, O Dan!'And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives!'They shall fall and never rise again."
And those who swear by the shameful idols of Samaria— who take oaths in the name of the god of Dan and make vows in the name of the god of Beersheba— they will all fall down, never to rise again."
As for those who swear by the false gods of Samaria, saying, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,' and ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,' they will fall and never rise again."
Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say, "As your god lives, O Dan," and, "As the way of Beer-sheba lives"— they shall fall, and never rise again.
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more.
They that swore by the idols of Samaria, saying, As your god lives, O Dan, and, as the cult of Beer-sheba lives, even they shall fall and never rise again.
Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, ‘By the god of Dan' or ‘By the god of Beersheba'—those people will fall and not rise again."
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise again.
and seien, Dan, thi god lyueth, and the weie of Bersabee lyueth; and thei schulen falle, and thei schulen no more rise ayen.
Those swearing by the guilt of Samaria, And have said, Live doth thy god, O Dan, And, Live doth the way of Beer-Sheba, And they have fallen -- and rise not again!'
Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, And say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' They will fall, and never rise up again."
Those who swear by Ash'imah of Sama'ria, and say, 'As thy god lives, O Dan,' and, 'As the way of Beer-sheba lives,' they shall fall, and never rise again."
Those that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As your god, O Dan, lives; and, As the pilgrimage of Beer-sheba lives; they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.
"As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, And say, 'As your god lives, Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again."
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
yee euen they that sweare in the offence off Samaria, and saye: as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan, and as truly as ye God lyueth at Bersaba. These shal fall, and neuer ryse vp agayne.
"As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again."
As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria,Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,'And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,'They will fall and not rise again."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
swear: Hosea 4:15, Zephaniah 1:5
sin: Deuteronomy 9:21, 1 Kings 12:28, 1 Kings 12:29, 1 Kings 12:32, 1 Kings 13:22-34, 1 Kings 14:16, 1 Kings 16:24, 2 Kings 10:29, Hosea 8:5, Hosea 8:6, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 13:2, Hosea 13:16
manner: Heb. way, Acts 9:2, Acts 18:25, Acts 19:9, Acts 19:23, Acts 24:14
Beersheba: Amos 8:5
shall fall: Deuteronomy 33:11, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Psalms 36:12, Psalms 140:10, Proverbs 29:1, Isaiah 43:17, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 51:64
Reciprocal: Genesis 21:33 - grove Numbers 29:19 - General 1 Samuel 20:21 - as the 2 Kings 17:26 - know not Proverbs 24:16 - but Isaiah 17:3 - fortress Isaiah 24:20 - and it Jeremiah 5:7 - sworn by Hosea 7:1 - wickedness Hosea 10:8 - the sin Amos 5:5 - Beersheba Amos 6:1 - and trust Amos 7:9 - the high Micah 1:5 - is it
Cross-References
In the six hundredth year, the year of the life of Noah. in the second month on the seventeenth day of the month on this day, were burst open all the fountains of the great roaring deep, and the windows of the heavens, were set open.
So it came to pass in the six hundred and first year at the beginning, on the first of the month, that the waters had dried up from off the earth, - and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and lo! the face of the ground was dried.
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, was the earth dry.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They that swear by the sin of Samaria,.... The calf at Bethel, which was near Samaria, and which the Samaritans worshipped; and was set up by their kings, and the worship of it encouraged by their example, and which is called the calf of Samaria, Hosea 8:5; the making of it was the effect of sin, and the occasion of leading into it, and ought to have been had in detestation and abhorrence, as sin should; and yet by this the Israelites swore, as they had used to do by the living God; so setting up this idol on an equality with him:
and say, thy God, O Dan, liveth; the other calf, which was set up in Dan; and to this they gave the epithet of the bring God, which only belonged to the God of Israel:
and the manner of Beersheba liveth; or, "the way of Beersheba" r; the long journey or pilgrimage of those at Beersheba; who chose to go to Dan, rather than Bethel, to worship; imagining they showed greater devotion and religion, by going from one extreme part of the land to the other, for the sake of it. Dan was on the northern border of the land of Judea, about four miles from Paneas, as you go to Tyre s; and Beersheba was on the southern border of the land, twenty miles from Hebron t; and the distance of these two places was about one hundred and sixty miles u. And by this religious peregrination men swore; or rather by the God of Beersheba, as the Septuagint render it; though the phrase may only intend the religion of Beersheba, the manner of worship there, it being a place where idolatry was practised; see Amos 5:5. The Targum is,
"the fear (that is, the deity) which is in Dan liveth, and firm are the laws of Beersheba;''
even they shall fall, and never rise up again; that is, these idolatrous persons, that swear by the idols in the above places, shall fall into calamity, ruin, and destruction, by and for their sins, and never recover out of it; which was fulfilled in the captivity of the ten tribes, from whence they have never returned to this day.
r ××¨× ××ר-ש××¢ "via Beersebah", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Vatablus, Mercerus, Tigurine version; "iter, peregrinatio", Drusius; "Bersabanum iter", Castalio. s Hieronymus de locis Heb. fol. 92. H. t Ibid. fol. 89. F. u Ib. Epist. ad Dardanura, fol. 22. I.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Who swear - Literally, âthe swearing,â they who habitually swear. He assigns, at the end, the ground of all this misery, the forsaking of God. God had commanded that all appeals by oath should be made to Himself, who alone governs the world, to whom alone His creatures owe obedience, who alone revenges. âThou shalt fear the Lord thy God and serve Him and swear by His Nameâ Deuteronomy 6:13; Deuteronomy 10:20. On the other hand Joshua warned them, âNeither make mention of the name of their gods nor cause to swear by them nor serve themâ Joshua 23:7. But these âsware by the sin of Samaria,â probably âthe calf at Bethel,â which was near Samaria and the center of their idolatry, from where Hosea calls it âthy calf.â âThy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off. The calf of Samaria shall be broken in piecesâ Hosea 8:5-6. He calls it âthe guilt of Samaria,â as the source of all their guilt, as it is said of the princes of Judah using this same word, âthey left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served idols, and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespassâ 2 Chronicles 24:18. âAnd say, thy god, O Dan! liveth,â that is, as surely as thy god liveth! by the life of thy god! as they who worshiped God said, âas the Lord liveth!â It was a direct substitution of the creature for the Creator, an ascribing to it the attribute of God; âas the Father hath life in Himselfâ John 5:26. It was an appeal to it, as the Avenger of false-swearing, as though it were the moral Governor of the world.
The manner of Beersheba liveth! - Literally, âthe way.â This may be, either the religion and worship of the idol there, as Paul says, âI persecuted this way unto the deathâ (Acts 22:4, add Acts 9:2; Acts 19:9, Acts 19:23), from where Muhammed learned to speak of his imposture, as âthe way of God.â Or it might mean the actual âway to Beersheba,â and may signify all the idolatrous places of worship in the way there. They seem to have made the way there one long avenue of idols, culminating in it. For Josiah, in his great destruction of idolatry, âgathered all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places, where the priests sacrificed from Gebah to Beershebaâ 2 Kings 23:8; only, this may perhaps simply describe the whole territory of Judah from north to south. Anyhow, Beersheba stands for the god worshiped there, as, âwhoso sware by the Temple, sware,â our Lord tells us, âby it and by Him that dwelleth thereinâ Matthew 23:21.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 8:14. By the sin of Samaria — Baal, who was worshipped here.
Thy god, O Dan — The golden calf, or ox, the representative of the Egyptian god Apis, or Osiris.
The manner of Beer-sheba — The worship, or object of worship. Another of the golden calves which Jeroboam had set up there. The word ××¨× derech, way, is here taken for the object and mode of worship; see Acts 19:9, where way is taken for the creed and form of Divine worship as practiced by the followers of Christ, and by which they were distinguished from the Jews. See also Acts 9:2.
