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Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 6:1-14

CHAPTER 6 The Fourth Discourse 1. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion (Amos 6:1-6 ) 2. The punishment announced (Amos 6:7-14 ) Amos 6:1-6 . This woe concerns the great men, the chiefs of the nation, who were sunk into a godless self-security, and dreamt on in their darkness, while the clouds of judgment were gathering above them. They were to go from Calneh to Hamath and then down to Gath of the Philistines. Calneh was built by Nimrod in the land of Shinar Genesis 10:10 ; Hamath was the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 6:1-14

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 6:1-14

Interrogative Parables Amos 6:0 , Amos 7:0 We now come to one of the "Therefores" which are so characteristic of this practical prophet. He builds up his reasoning well; then he plunges into his conclusions. He is emphatically a great preacher, never concluding without a rousing application. We have considered what apostate men have done, and we move into this practical "Therefore" with abundant intelligence. We have seen men recklessly at ease in Zion, and trusting to the mountain of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 6:7-14

Probably the captivity here spoken of, in the first sense, had a reference to the Babylonish captivity. But I humbly conceive it had respect to another of an higher nature in a spiritual sense. But, Reader! think if it be possible to what a desperate state of hardness and impenitency must that man be arrived, who hath given up even the mentioning the name of the Lord. Well may everyone who reads this account cry out, from pride, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word and commandment, good... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 6:9

Die. Their numbers will not protect them from the plague. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:8-14

8-14 How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that will not be brought to mention God's name, and to worship him, when the hand of God is gone out against them, when sickness and death are in their families. Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as rocks. When our services of God are soured with sin, his providences will justly... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 6:7-14

The Destruction of the Kingdom Foretold v. 7. Therefore now shall they, those who indulged themselves in this manner while their country was getting ready for dissolution, go captive with the first that go captive, this being said in bitter irony concerning the position of the rulers in the procession of captives, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves, reclining in careless ease, shall be removed, so that they could no more indulge in feasts and drinking-bouts. v. 8. The Lord... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 6:1-14

Amos 6:04. Woe to the Secure who think that the Day of the Lord is far off1 Woe to the secure1 in Zion,And to the careless in the mountain of Samaria!To the princes of the first of nations,To whom the house of Israel comes!2 Pass over2 to Calneh and see,And go thence to Hamath the great,And go down to Gath of the Philistines;Are they better than these kingdoms,Or is their territory greater than your territory?3 Ye who put far off the evil day,And bring near the seat of violence;4 Who lie upon... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 6:1-14

“Woe to Them That Are at Ease in Zion!” Amos 6:1-14 Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for their drunkenness, gluttony, and insolence. The prophet quotes the example of great neighboring peoples as a warning that the abuse of God’s good gifts leads to their withdrawal. Calneh on the Tigris, and Hamath, had fallen before Assyria; Gath, also, had been recently overwhelmed-how unlikely, therefore, that Israel, eaten through by extravagance and... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:1-14

From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease in Zion," and "secure upon the mountains of Samaria." He had in mind the national leaders, "the notable men of the chief of the nation." Zion and Samaria were the headquarters of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Here the rulers were living in luxury, and abandoned to animalism, having lost all consciousness of their relationship to Jehovah, with... read more