Amos 6:8
Lord LORD has sworn by himself, says LORD, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces, therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11And I will set my tabernacle among you, and my soul shall not abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19And LORD saw, and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
Psalms 106:40Therefore the wrath of LORD was kindled against his people, and he abhorred his inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Jeremiah 22:14who says, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cuts out windows for himself, and it is overlaid with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Matthew Henry on Amos 6:2-8
The Danger of False Security. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch… Read the whole commentary →