Amos 6:8
The Lord God has sworn an oath on his own life. This is what the Lord God of power declares: I detest Jacob's arrogance and I hate his fortresses; I will hand over this city and all in it to the enemy.
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9If there are ten people in a house, they will die.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11I will come and live with you—I certainly won't reject you.
Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord rejected them when he saw this; his sons and daughters made him angry.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the earth and everything in it are mine.
Psalms 106:40So the Lord was angry with his people—he loathed those who belonged to him.
Isaiah 28:1Tragedy is coming to the city of Samaria, the crowning glory of Ephraim's drunks, to the fading flower of wonderful beauty, sitting above a fertile valley, and beloved by those hammered by wine.
Jeremiah 22:14He says to himself, “I'm going to build myself a great palace, with large upper rooms.” He has windows inserted, puts in cedar panels, and paints it bright red 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 →