Amos 6:3

You push away all thoughts of the evil day, yet have instituted a rule of violence.

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Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

In Context

2You say to the people: Cross over to Calneh and see, go from there to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath of the Philistines: Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

4They lie on ivory couches, sprawl on their divans, eat choice lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall.

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Cross References

Amos 3:10For they do not know how to do right. They are heaping up violence and oppression in their palaces, says the Lord.

Amos 5:18Fools who long for the day of the Lord! What does the day of the Lord mean to you? It is darkness, and not light.

Amos 9:10All the sinners of my people, who deny that disaster will touch or befall them, will die by the sword.

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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