Amos 6:7-14

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 6:1-7

The first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain world: Woe to those that are at ease! We are ready to say, Happy are those that are at ease, that neither feel any trouble nor fear any, that lie soft and warm, and lay nothing to heart; and wise we think are those that do so, that bathe themselves in the delights of sense and care not how the world goes. Those are looked upon as doing well for themselves... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 6:8-14

In the former part of the chapter we had these secure Israelites loading themselves with pleasures, as if they could never be made merry enough; here we have God loading them with punishments, as if they could never be made miserable enough. And observe, I. How strongly this burden is bound on, not to be shaken off by their presumption and security; for it is bound by the Lord the God of hosts, by his mighty, his almighty, hand, which none can resist; it is bound with an oath, which puts the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:7

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive ,.... That is, these men, who were the first and chief in the nation, who would not believe the day of Israel's captivity would ever come; or, however, had very distant apprehensions of it; but indulged and gratified their several senses of tasting, hearing, smelling, in a carnal way, and had no sympathy with and compassion upon their afflicted brethren; these should be the first the enemy should lay hold upon, and carry... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:8

The Lord God hath sworn by himself ,.... Because he could swear by no greater, Hebrews 6:13 ; which shows the importance and certainty of the thing sworn to, and is as follows: saith the Lord, the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob ; or, "the pride of Jacob" F3 את גאון "superbiam", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "fastium", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. ; of Israel, of the ten tribes, remarkable for their pride; hence called the crown of pride, Isaiah 28:3... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:9

And it shall come to pass ,.... When the city is delivered up and taken: if there remain ; who are not carried captive, or destroyed by the sword: ten men in one house ; that is, many, a certain number for an uncertain: that they shall die ; either with famine, or by the pestilence, though they have escaped the other calamities; so general shall the destruction be, by one means or another. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:10

And a man's uncle shall take him up ,.... That is, his father's brother, as Kimchi; or his near kinsman, as the Targum; to whom the right of inheritance belongs, and also the care of his funeral; he shall take up the dead man himself, in order to inter him, there being none to employ in such service; the mortality being so universal, either through the pestilence raging everywhere, or through the earthquake, men being killed by the fall of houses upon them; which Aben Ezra takes to be the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:11

For, behold, the Lord commandeth ,.... Hath determined and ordered the judgment before, and what follows: Kimchi paraphrases it, hath decreed the earthquake, as in Amos 3:15 ; of which he understands the following: and he will smite the great house with breaches ; or "droppings" F8 רסיסים "guttis, seu stillis", Piscator; ψεκαδες , "quae est minuta et rorans pluvia", Drusius. ; so that the rain shall drop through: and the little house with clefts ; so that it shall fall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:12

Shall horses run upon the rocks? or will one plough there with oxen ?.... Will any man be so weak and foolish, to propose or attempt a race for horses upon rocks, where they and their riders would be in danger of breaking their necks? or would any man act so unwise a part, as to take a yoke of oxen to plough with them upon a rock, where no impression can be made? as vain and fruitless a thing it would be to attempt to bring such persons under a conviction of their sins, and to repentance... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:13

Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought ,.... In their wealth and riches, which are things that are not, because of the uncertainty of them; and, in comparison of true riches, have no solidity and substance in them, Proverbs 23:5 ; or in any of the things of this world, the lusts of it, the honours of it, human wisdom or strength; all are things of nought, of no worth, give no satisfaction, and are of no continuance, and not to be gloried in, Jeremiah 9:23 ; or in their idols, for an idol... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 6:14

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord, the God of hosts ,.... The Assyrian nation, under its king, Shalmaneser; who invaded Israel, came up to Samaria, and after a three years' siege took it, and carried Israel captive into foreign lands, 2 Kings 17:5 ; and they shall afflict you ; by battles, sieges, forages, plunders, and burning of cities and towns, and putting the inhabitants to the sword: from the entering in of Hamath unto the... read more

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