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, by overthrowing and oppressing them, from the entering in of Hemath, the northernmost boundary, where the invading army of the Assyrians would enter, unto the river of the wilderness, literally, "the brook of the desert," here most likely that which formed the boundary between Moab and Edom, on the southeastern corner of the Dead Sea. Warfare is one means in the hands of the Lord by which He punishes the pride of nations.