Amos 6:3
in Amos 6You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
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ASV
—ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
KJV
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
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This verse in Amos 6
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Ye that put far away - Probably “with aversion.” They bade that day as it were, be gone. The Hebrew idiom expresses, how they would put it off, if they could; as far as in them lay, they “assigned a distance to it, , although they could not remove the day itself. The “evil day” is that same “day of the Lord,” which the scoffers or misbelievers professed to long for Amo 5:
This site's exposition
at ease in Zion
on Amos 6:1-3
The woe names both capitals in one breath, at ease in Zion and trusting in the mountain of Samaria, the two kingdoms sharing one complacency though their borders had long since split. The tour of Calneh, Hamath and Gath asks the leaders to compare their own defenses against three cities already broken by Assyria, be they better than these kingdoms, a rhetorical challenge the bench reads as exposing a false confidence built on nothing but untested peace. Ye that put far away the evil day names the denial itself, judgment postponed in the mind while the seat of violence is invited nearer in practice.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Vers. 2 seqq.) Go through Chalane, and see: and from there go to great Emath, and descend to Geth of the Philistines: to the best of their kingdoms, if their boundary is wider than your boundary. You who are separated on the day of evil, and approach the throne of wickedness.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Ye - That flatter yourselves the day of darkness foretold, is far off. The seat - The judgment seat which should relieve the oppressed, is made a seat of violence.
You cause that to come near, as if that would be your protection from these judgments which really ripens you for them." Note, Therefore men take sin to be near them, because they take judgment to be far off from them; but those deceive themselves who thus mock God.
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Ye that put far away the evil day,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The notion of judgment being far off has always been an incentive to the sinner's recklessness of living (Ec 8:12, 13; Yet that very recklessness brings near the evil day which he puts far off. "Ye bring on fever by your intemperance, and yet would put it far off" [CALVIN].
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1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Ye that put far away the evil day - Wo to you who will not consider the day of approaching vengeance; but continue in your iniquity, and harden your hearts. Ye bring your iniquities nearer, and still suppose your punishment to be at a greater distance.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַֽמְנַדִּ֖ים | hamnadim | those [who] push away | H5077 → | |
| לְי֣וֹם | leyom | <to> a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| רָ֑ע | ra' | evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּן | vatagishun | and you have brought near ! | H5066 → | 125 times |
| שֶׁ֥בֶת | shevet | a seat of | H7675 → | |
| חָמָֽס׃ | chamas | violence | H2555 → |
הַֽמְנַדִּ֖יםthose [who] push away
hamnadimH5077 →
לְי֣וֹם<to> a day
leyomH3117 →2304 times
רָ֑עevil
ra'H7451 →662 times
וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּןand you have brought near !
vatagishunH5066 →125 times
שֶׁ֥בֶתa seat of
shevetH7675 →
חָמָֽס׃violence
chamasH2555 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
it leads to
- Psalms 10:6
He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
- Luke 12:19–20
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
- Proverbs 27:1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
- Isaiah 5:22
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
- Psalms 10:6
Through
Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
it leads to
- Matthew 18:32
Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
- 2 Peter 3:3–5
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
- Isaiah 32:6
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- Matthew 18:32
Through
Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 4:22
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Jeremiah 4:22
About Amos
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Twelve Minor Prophets; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Amos; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.