Amos 6:13-14 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 6:13

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:13

Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught - In your idols: for an idol is nothing in the world. Have we not taken to us horns - We have arrived to power and dignity by our strength. Horns were the symbols of power and authority. So Horace: - Vina parant animos: tum pauper cornua sumet . "Wine repairs our strength, and furnishes the poor with horns." At such times they think themselves as great as the greatest. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:14

I will raise up against you a nation - The Assyrians under Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser, who subdued the Israelites at various times, and at last carried them away captive in the days of Hosea, the last king of Israel in Samaria. From the entering in of Hamath (on the north) unto the river of the wilderness - Besor, which empties itself into the sea, not far from Gaza, and was in the southern part of the tribe of Simeon. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:13

Verse 13 This verse will seem better connected with the last, if we bear in mind the view to which I have referred: for the Prophet inveighs again against the careless contempt with which the Israelites were filled. Ye rejoice, he says, in a thing of nought A thing of nought he calls those fallacies, by which they were wont to deceive, not only others, but also their own selves. For hypocrites not only falsely pretend the name of God, but also deceive themselves by self flatteries, when they... read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 14 At last follows a denunciation, and this is the close of the chapter. God then after having seriously exposed the vices which prevailed among the people of Israel, again declares that vengeance of which he had shortly before reminded then; but with this difference only — that God now points out the kind of punishment which he would inflict on the Israelites. He had said before, ‘Behold God commands;’ and then he had spoken of calamity, but expressed not whence that calamity would come:... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:12-14

The prophet shows the folly of these evil doers who think in their own strength to defy judgment and to resist the enemy whom God is sending against them. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:12-14

The doomed people who will not turn. Sin brings often present gain, but it never pays in the end. When the balance is struck, the wrong doer always finds it on the wrong side of the book. A sinner is one who sets himself against God, and in the nature of things ignorance cannot overreach knowledge, nor weakness overcome omnipotence. Israel had long been under instruction in this matter, and they would see it one day when the knowledge would be too late. Many Scripture maxims are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:13

In a thing of nought; a nothing— a thing which does not really exist, viz. your prosperity and power. Horns ; symbols of strength ( Deuteronomy 33:17 ; 1 Kings 22:11 ); the idea being derived from the wild bull, the strongest animal of their fauna. Their boast was a consequence of the successful wars with the Syrians ( 2 Kings 14:25-28 ). The prophet proceeds to demolish their proud vaunt. read more

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:13

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:13

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