Amos 6:8
The Lord Eternal hath sworn by his own existence, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the pride of Jacob, and his palaces do I hate: therefore will I surrender up [to the enemy] the city with all that filleth it.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
9And it shall come to pass, that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11And I will set my dwelling among you; and my soul shall not loath you.
Deuteronomy 32:19And the Lord saw this, and he was angry; because of the provoking of his sons and of his daughters.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not say it to thee; for mine is the world, and what filleth it.
Psalms 106:40therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride, of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious ornament, which is on the eminence of the fat valley of those who are struck down by wine!
Jeremiah 22:14That saith, I will build me a roomy house, and ample chambers, and cutteth himself out windows, and ceileth it with cedar, and painteth it with colors.
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 →