Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 6:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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Quick Meaning
This verse exposes rejoicing in Lo-debar and boasting that Karnaim was taken by Israel's own strength.
Read It With
- Amos 6:12-14
Read Amos 6:13 with 6:12-14. This verse exposes rejoicing in Lo-debar and boasting that Karnaim was taken by Israel's own strength. The complete unit establishes this movement: Israel's distortion of justice is as senseless as impossible farming, and its boasts over disputed territorial gains cannot withstand the nation raised to oppress the land.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The chapter closes by pairing moral absurdity with military self-deception before visions test whether judgment can be averted. Within that movement, this verse exposes rejoicing in Lo-debar and boasting that Karnaim was taken by Israel's own strength.
What Remains True
Wordplay and territorial success expose empty self-congratulation.
How It Can Shape Life
- Test victory narratives against justice and the cost to others.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Amos 6:12-14 — Poisoned Justice and Imagined Strength Meet an OppressorSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 6:12-14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 6:12-14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1716-1717, translation and notes on 6:12-14
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