Amoschapter 6

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1 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

3 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

5 You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

10 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

11 For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

12 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

14 For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

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Chapter summary

'Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria.' Go look at Calneh, Hamath, Gath, says Amos: are you better than those kingdoms that fell?

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'Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria.' Go look at Calneh, Hamath, Gath, says Amos: are you better than those kingdoms that fell? The portrait of luxury is unforgettable: lying on beds of ivory, sprawled on couches, eating lambs out of the flock, inventing instruments of music like David, drinking wine in bowls, anointed with the chief oils: 'but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph' (6:6). Therefore they go captive first. They boast of taking Karnaim by their own strength; they have turned justice into gall and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Amos — Amos overview

A. 1–7 Woe to those at ease in Zion, first to go into exile
B. 8–11 The Lord abhors the pride of Jacob
C. 12–14 Justice turned to poison, and boasting in Lo-debar

Top cross-references8 chapters ▾

Amos 55 verses
- Amos 5:3This is what the Lord GOD says: “The city that marches out a thousand strong will only see a hundred return, and the one that marches out a hundred strong will have but ten left in the house of Israel.”
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Amos 5:23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
- Read Amos 5 →
Luke 122 verses
- Luke 12:17So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Read Luke 12 →
Amos 32 verses
- Amos 3:12This is what the LORD says: “As the shepherd snatches from the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites dwelling in Samaria will be rescued having just the corner of a bed or the cushion of a couch.
- Amos 3:15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.
- Read Amos 3 →
Amos 81 verse
- Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
- Read Amos 8 →

4 more chapters this one speaks with

Isaiah 321 verse
- Isaiah 32:9Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Read Isaiah 32 →
James 51 verse
- James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
- Read James 5 →
Nahum 31 verse
- Nahum 3:8Are you better than Thebes, stationed by the Nile with water around her, whose rampart was the sea, whose wall was the water?
- Read Nahum 3 →
Genesis 101 verse
- Genesis 10:10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
- Read Genesis 10 →

Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.