Amos 6:3
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
BSB
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;
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:
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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Isaiah 56:12“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”
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He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”
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!”’
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
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Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
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Then the master summoned him and declared, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.
Most importantly, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
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.
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Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
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“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.”