Amos 6:6 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 6:6

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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ASV

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

WEB

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

YLT

Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves , And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

DBT

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph.

About this book

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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31 verses on the floor

Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Amos 2:8
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Proverbs 23:30
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

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A serious prophet studying to put a weight upon God's threatenings and to make them appear terrible, by setting forth the severity of those judgments that were coming upon these sensualists (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

In bowls - Not in little vessels, but probably bowls: they drank these filled as full as they could hold too, and in design to drink each other down. And anoint - In those hot countries this anointing was much used.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

They had no concern at all for the interests of the church of God, and of the nation, that were sinking and going to decay: They are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph; the church of God, including both the kingdoms of Judah and Israel (which are called Joseph, Ps. lxxx. 1 ), was in distress, invaded, insulted, and broken in upon.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

AMO 6:6ROM 12:15 1CO 12:26
AMO 6:6ROM 12:15 HEB 13:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 6:6ROM 12:15 PSA 35:13-14
AMO 6:6ROM 12:15 JHN 11:33-36
AMO 6:6JER 30:7 DAN 12:1
AMO 6:6ROM 12:15 JOB 30:25
AMO 6:61CO 12:26 ROM 12:15
AMO 6:61CO 12:26 GAL 6:2

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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