14They 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.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 11-14)In these verses is threatened, I. A general judgment of spiritual famine coming upon the whole land, a famine of the word of God , the failing of oracles and the scarcity of good preaching. This is spoken of as a thing at some distance: The days come , they will come hereafter, when another kind of darkness shall come upon that land of light. When Amos prophesied, and for a considerable time after...
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