Amos 6:10 NIV

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 6:10

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:10

A man's uncle shall take him up - Bp. Newcome says, this obscure verse seems to describe the effects of famine and pestilence during the siege of Samaria. The carcass shall be burnt, and the bones removed with no ceremony of funeral rites, and without the assistance of the nearest kinsman. Solitude shall reign in the house; and if one is left, he must be silent, (see Amos 8:3 ;), and retired, lest he be plundered of his scanty provision! Burning the body, and then collecting the ashes, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:10

Verse 10 In the beginning of the verse the Prophet expresses more clearly what he had just said, — that the pestilence would be so severe as to consume the whole family: for when he speaks of an uncle coming to bury the dead, he shows, that unless neighbors performed their duty, bodies would remain without the honor of a burial: but this never happened, except during extreme devastation; for though the pestilence destroyed many in the same city, there were yet always some who buried the dead.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:7-11

Here follows the announce. merit of punishment for the crimes mentioned above: the people shall go into captivity; they shall be rejected of God, and given over to utter ruin. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:8-11

Wrath revealing itself in judgment. The squaring of a sinner's account with God is of necessity a bitter experience. It is the last fact in a wide induction, and completes our knowledge of what sin really is. The best and only adequate view of this is reached when a man reads it in the light of its punishment. We are enabled to perform this office for Israel's crying and incredible wickedness here. I. THE WORD THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN . Accommodating himself to our mode of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:10

The prophet gives an instance of the terror and misery in that common calamity. He depicts a scene where the nearest surviving kinsman comes into the house to perform the funeral rites for a dead man. And a man's uncle; better, and when a man ' s kinsman ; the apodosis being at the end of the verse, "Then shall he say." Dod is sometimes rendered "beloved," but usually "father's brother," but it may mean any near relation upon whom, in default of father and brethren, would devolve the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:10

And a man’s uncle ... and he that burneth him - Literally, “and there shall take him up his uncle and his burner,” that is, his uncle who, as his next of kin, had the care of his interment, was himself the burner. Burial is the natural following out of the words, “dust thou art and unto dust thou shalt return.” The common burying-places (such as we find in the history of the patriarchs) were the natural expression of the belief in the Resurrection. The bodies rested together, to be raised... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 6:9-11

Amos 6:9-11. If there remain ten men in one house, &c. Those that escape the hands of the enemy shall die by the pestilence. And a man’s uncle (or kinsman) shall take him up Some friend or relation, whose duty it is to perform the last offices for the deceased, shall take him up directly and burn him: for so it should be rendered, and not, AND HE THAT burneth him. The meaning is, that he should not stay to perfume the body with rich ointments, as was the usual custom; nor... 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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 6:9-11

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 6:1-14

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