Amos 6:14 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 6:14

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 6:14

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 6:14

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 6:14

I will raise up . A nation. The Assyrians. From the entering in of Hamath. A district in the upper part of Coele-Syria, hod. El-Bukaa, the northern boundary of the kingdom of Israel ( Numbers 34:8 ; see on Numbers 34:2 ). The river of the wilderness; rather, the torrent of the Arabah, which is the curious depression in which the Jordan flows, and which continues. though now on a higher level, south of the Dead Sea, towards the Gulf of Akaba. The torrent is probably the Wady es... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:14

The hand of God seen in national retribution. Coming when it did, this prophecy was an unmistakable proof of Divine foresight. Samaria was rejoicing and boasting because of a temporary victory obtained by her arms. The kingdom of Israel had taken horns, and by its own strength had pushed back the foe from the borders. This was the moment appointed for Amos to utter the faithful warning contained in this verse. Subsequent events proved the predictive authority from which this language... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:14

God chastising nations by nations. "But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wilderness." What "nation" is here referred to as about to be raised up by God against Israel? Undoubtedly, Assyria. This Assyrian nation is here represented as overspreading the country "from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wilderness." Hamath was a point of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:14

But - (For,) - it was a non-thing, a nonexistent thing, a phantom, whereat they rejoiced; “for behold I raise up a nation.” God is said to “raise up,” when, by His Providence or His grace, He calls forth those who had not been called before, for the office for which He designs them. Thus, He raised up judges Judges 2:16-18, delivers Judges 3:9-15, prophets , Nazarites Amos 2:11, priests 1 Samuel 2:35, kings 2 Samuel 7:8, calling each separately to perform what He gave them in charge. So He is... read more

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

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

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

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 6:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 6:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 6:14

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