Amos 6:4
They lie on ivory couches, sprawl on their divans, eat choice lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall.
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In Context
3You push away all thoughts of the evil day, yet have instituted a rule of violence.
5They idly sing to the sound of the lyre, thinking themselves songwriters like David,
Cross References
Luke 12:19and I will say to myself, Now you have plenty of good things put by for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.’
Romans 13:13Being in the light of day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.
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 →