Amos 6:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:1

Woe to them that are at ease - The word always means such as are recklessly at their ease, “the careless ones,” such as those whom Isaiah bids Isaiah 32:9-11, “rise up, tremble, be troubled, for many days and years shall ye be troubled.” It is that luxury and ease, which sensualize the soul, and make it dull, stupid, hard-hearted. By one earnest, passing word, the prophet warns his own land, that present sinful ease ends in future woe. “Woe unto them that laugh now: for they shall mourn and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 6:1

Amos 6:1. Wo to them that are at ease in Zion Who are secure, as the margin reads, continuing in their sins, fearless of God’s judgments, and resolved to indulge themselves in that voluptuousness and ease which their riches give them an opportunity of enjoying, notwithstanding the evident tokens of God’s displeasure against the whole nation, both Israel and Judah. For these and the following words contain a threatening against both kingdoms, although the chief design of this prophecy is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 6:1-14

Pride and its punishment (6:1-14)Israel’s leaders deceive themselves that the nation is secure. They live prosperously and see no possibility of any immediate crisis. Amos reminds them that other nations were stronger than Israel and other cities more prosperous than Samaria, but they still fell to enemy armies (6:1-3). These upper class people live in luxury, without any concern for the injustice that is ruining the nation. When Israel is conquered, they will be in the first group taken into... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 6:1

'Woe. The second woe. See Amos 5:18 . them: i.e. the nobles of Judah, in comparison with the nobles of Israel (in Samaria) its the next clause. at ease = careless, secure, or easy-going. trust = confide. Hebrew. batah. App-69 . Here Part. = them that confide. which are named = [the men of] men. Compare Numbers 1:17 chief of the nations: i.e. Israel. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 19:5 ). App-92 , the house of Israel : i.e. the Northern Kingdom = the People of Israel. came. Supply the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 6:1

This chapter continues the further elaboration of the prophetic doom pronounced upon Israel at the conclusion of Amos 2. First, he uttered the second woe over the careless and indulgent leaders of the nation, sunk in their revellings and indifference (Amos 6:1-6). For them, he pronounced their destruction and the overthrow of their nation (Amos 6:7-11), emphasizing that they had acted perversely, trusting in their own power (Amos 6:12-14). The blunt reiteration of their doom in Amos 6:14... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 6:1

Amos 6:1. Woe to them that are at ease— Houbigant reads very properly, Woe to them that despise Sion; for there was a perpetual rivalship between Sion and Samaria; and it is plain from the whole series, not only of this verse, but of the whole chapter, that the prophet addresses the men of Israel, and not of Judah. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:1

1. named chief of the nations—that is, you nobles, so eminent in influence, that your names are celebrated among the chief nations [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. Hebrew, "Men designated by name among the first-fruits of the nations," that is, men of note in Israel, the people chosen by God as first of the nations ( :-; compare Numbers 24:20) [PISCATOR]. to whom . . . Israel came—that is, the princes to whom the Israelites used to repair for the decision of controversies, recognizing their authority... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 6:1

The prophet began this message by announcing coming woe (Heb. hoy, cf. Amos 5:18). Those who felt at ease in Zion (Jerusalem) and secure in Samaria were the subjects of his message. Those who felt comfortable in Samaria, partially because it stood on a high hill that was easily defensible, were the distinguished men. They regarded Israel, and Judah, as the foremost of the nations of their day. They were the men to whom the rest of the house of Israel (the people of the Northern Kingdom) came... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 6:1-3

The boastful complacency of Israel’s leaders 6:1-3 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:1-14

The Fourth Address1-3. False security of Judah and Israel. 4-6. Carelessness and luxury. 7-11. Captivity, siege, death, ruin. 12, 13. Preposterous errors. 14. The coming of the avenger.1, 2. Render, ’Woe to the easy-going in Zion and to the secure in the mountain of Samaria! Make the round of the foremost nations and come to them, O house of Israel. Pass over to Calneh and see, and from thence go to Hamath Rabbah: then, etc. Are you better than these kingdoms? or is your border,’ etc., that you... read more

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