Amos 6:8
Lord YHWH has sworn by Himself, || A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts: “I am abominating the excellence of Jacob, || And his high places I have hated, || And I have delivered up the city and its fullness.”
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9And if there are left ten persons in one house, || It has come to pass—that they have died.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11And I have given My Dwelling Place in your midst, and My soul does not loathe you;
Deuteronomy 32:19And YHWH sees and despises—For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
Psalms 50:12If I am hungry I do not tell [it] to you, || For the world and its fullness [is] Mine.
Psalms 106:40And the anger of YHWH || Is kindled against His people, || And He detests His inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Woe [to] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim. And the fading flower of the beauty of his glory, || That [is] on the head of the fat valley of the broken down of wine.
Jeremiah 22:14Who is saying, || I build a large house for myself, || And airy upper chambers, || And he has cut out its windows for himself, || Covered with cedar, and painted with vermillion.
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 →