Amos 6:8
The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the pride of Jacob, And I hate his palaces; I will give up the city, and all that is therein.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
9And if ten men remain in one house, These also shall die.
Cross References
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
Psalms 106:40Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with wine.
Jeremiah 22:14That saith, “I will build me a large house, And spacious apartments,” And that cutteth out windows, And ceileth it with cedar, And painteth 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 →