Amos 8:14 Meaning and Explanation
“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.”
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Read Full Chapter →Those who swear by false gods and corrupt shrines will fall and never rise again.
What Does Amos 8:14 Mean?
The chapter closes by naming the false trust that doomed the people: "They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth." They bind their oaths to corrupt shrines and counterfeit worship, swearing by the very things that led them astray. Their confidence rests on idols that cannot save.
The verdict is final: "even they shall fall, and never rise up again." Those who staked everything on false worship discover too late that it offers no foundation. What they swore by collapses, and they collapse with it. The contrast with the book's ending is stark, for there a fallen house will yet be raised, but here those who clung to falsehood find no rising. The whole chapter presses one truth: only the living God, and the word the people refused, could have held them up.
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What does Amos 8:14 mean?
Those who swear by false gods and corrupt shrines will fall and never rise again.