Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

In Context

7Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

9And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:11And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.

Deuteronomy 32:19When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

Psalms 106:40So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.

Jeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it 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 →

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