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## Amos 6:16 in Context (Verses 13–14 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/amos/6/13) Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
 
 [14 ](/kjv/amos/6/14) But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.*
 
[Amos 5](/kjv/amos/5) [Amos 7](/kjv/amos/7)

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