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Amos, Chapter 6

¹ Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.	1 Isa 32:9-11 Zep 1:12 Luk 6:24 Exo 19:5 Amo 3:2
² Go over to Calneh and look, And go from there to Hamath the great, Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are^a Or youthey better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours?	2 Gen 10:10 Isa 10:9 Ki1 8:65 Ki2 18:34 Isa 10:9 Sa1 5:8 Ch2 26:6
³ Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?	3 Isa 56:12 Amo 9:10 Amo 3:10
⁴ Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall,	4 Amo 3:12 Eze 34:2 Eze 34:3
⁵ Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have^b Or invented musical instrumentscomposed songs for themselves,	5 Ch1 15:16 Ch1 23:5 Isa 5:12
⁶ Who drink wine from^c Lit sprinkling basinssacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.	6 Amo 2:8 Amo 4:1 Eze 9:4
⁷ Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the sprawlers’^d Or cultic feastsbanqueting will^e Lit turn asidepass away.	7 Amo 7:11 Amo 7:17 Ki1 20:16-21 Dan 5:4-6 Dan 5:30
⁸ The Lord^f Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared: “I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And^g Lit hatedetest his citadels; Therefore I will deliver up the city and^h Lit its fullnessall it contains.”	8 Gen 22:16 Jer 22:5 Jer 51:14 Amo 4:2 Amo 8:7 Lev 26:30 Deu 32:19 Psa 106:40 Amo 5:21 Amo 3:10 Amo 3:11 Hos 11:6
⁹ And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die. ¹⁰ Then one’sⁱ Or beloved oneuncle, or his^j Lit one who burns himundertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will^k Lit sayanswer, “Keep quiet. For^l Lit not to make mention of the name ofthe name of the LORD is not to be mentioned.” ¹¹ For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.	9 Amo 5:3 10 Sa1 31:12 Amo 5:13 Amo 8:3 Jer 44:26 Eze 20:39 11 Isa 55:11 Ki2 25:9 Amo 3:15 Amo 5:11
¹² Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow^m Another reading is the sea with oxenthem with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness intoⁿ I.e. bitternesswormwood,	12 Ki1 21:7-13 Isa 59:13 Isa 59:14 Hos 10:4 Amo 5:7 Amo 5:11 Amo 5:12
¹³ You who rejoice in^o Lit a thing of nothingLodebar, ^p Lit WhoAnd say, “Have we not by our own strength taken^q Lit a pair of hornsKarnaim for ourselves?”	13 Job 8:14 Job 8:15 Psa 2:2-4 Luk 12:19 Luk 12:20 Psa 75:4 Psa 75:5 Isa 28:14 Isa 28:15
¹⁴ “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts, “And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah.”	14 Jer 5:15 Num 34:7 Num 34:8 Ki1 8:65 Ki2 14:25 Num 34:7 Num 34:8 Ki1 8:65 Ki2 14:25


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