Amos 6
1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?
3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
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 from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
Cross-references
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- 1Isa 32:9–11, Jas 5:5, Luk 12:17–20, Amo 4:1, Exo 19:5–6, Jdg 18:7, Zep 1:12, Jas 1:18
- 2Nam 3:8, 2Ki 18:34, Gen 10:10, 2Ch 26:6, 1Sa 17:4, Isa 10:9–11, 2Ki 17:30, Isa 37:12–13
- 3Amo 9:10, Isa 56:12, Ezk 12:27, Amo 3:10, 2Pe 3:4, 1Th 5:3, Mat 24:48, Ezk 12:22
- 4Amo 3:12, Jas 5:5, Ezk 34:2–3, Psa 73:7, Isa 22:13, 1Sa 25:36–38, Isa 5:11–12, Luk 16:19
- 5Isa 5:12, Amo 5:23, Amo 8:3, 1Pe 4:3, Job 21:11–12, 1Ch 15:16, Rev 18:22, Gen 31:27
- 6Gen 49:22, 2Ki 15:29, Jhn 12:3, Ezk 9:4, Jer 30:7, Hos 3:1, Gen 42:21–22, Amo 2:8
- 7Amo 7:11, Amo 5:5, 1Ki 20:16–20, Dan 5:4–6, Est 7:1–2, Amo 5:27, Est 5:12–14, Amo 7:17
- 8Jer 51:14, Amo 4:2, Jer 22:5, Amo 8:7, Psa 47:4, Amo 3:11, Psa 106:40, Psa 50:12
- 9Amo 5:3, Job 1:19, 1Sa 2:33, Est 5:11, Job 1:2, Isa 14:21, Job 20:28, Est 9:10
- 101Sa 31:12, Amo 8:3, Ezk 20:39, Amo 5:13, Jer 44:26, Jer 16:6, Ezk 24:21, Num 17:12
- 11Amo 3:15, Isa 55:11, 2Ki 25:9, Zec 14:2, Amo 9:9, Nam 1:14, Amo 6:8, Luk 19:44
- 12Amo 5:7, Hos 10:4, Isa 59:13–14, Amo 5:11–12, Psa 94:20–21, 1Ki 21:7–13, Isa 48:4, Jer 6:29–30
- 13Isa 28:14–15, Luk 12:19–20, 2Ki 14:25, Jas 4:16, Job 8:15, Hab 1:15–16, Isa 7:4, 2Ch 28:6–8
- 142Ki 14:25, 1Ki 8:65, Jer 5:15–17, 2Ki 15:29, Hos 10:5, Isa 7:20, 2Ki 17:6, Num 34:7–8
Topics in this chapter
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Amusements and Worldly Pleasures, Anointing, Bed, Calneh, Church, Confidence, Conscience, Cremation, David, Drunkenness, Eating, Feasts, Gath, Gluttony, Hamath, Happiness, Hemath, Hemlock, Horn, Invention, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Ivory, Music, Ointment, Pleasure, Rich, the, Rulers, Security, Self-Righteousness, War, Wine, Worldliness