Amos 6:1

Hoy to them that are complacent in Tziyon, 1 and have their bitachon in Har Shomron, 1 the notables of the foremost Goyim, 1 to whom Bais Yisroel comes! 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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!

In Context

2Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; 1 and from thence go ye to great Chamat; 1 then go down to Gat of the Pelishtim (Philistines); 1 be they better than these mamlachot? 1 Or their territory more vast than your territory? 1

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Cross References

Judges 18:7Then the five anashim departed, and came to Layish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the mishpat of the Tzidonim, quiet and unsuspecting; and there was no one in authority in the land, that might put them to shame for anything; but they were far from the Tzidonim, and had no ties with adam.

Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple shall slay them, 1 and the complacent contentment of kesilim (fools) shall destroy them. 1

Isaiah 33:14The chatta'im (sinners) in Tziyon are terrified; 1 trembling hath seized the khanafim (hypocrites). 1 Who among us can dwell with the devouring eish? 1 Who among us can dwell with mokedei olam + 33:14 see Dan 12:2 (everlasting burnings)? 1

Jeremiah 5:5I will get me unto the Gedolim, 1 and will speak unto them; 1 for they have known the Derech Hashem, 1 and the Mishpat Eloheihem; 1 but these have altogether broken off the ol (yoke), 1 and burst the bonds. 1

Jeremiah 48:11Moav hath been at ease from his youth, 1 and he hath settled on his wine dregs, 1 and hath not been emptied from keli (vessel) to keli, 1 neither hath he gone into Golus: 1 therefore his taste remained in him, 1 and his scent is not changed.

Lamentations 1:1How doth HaIr (the city, Yerushalayim) sit solitary, 1 that was full of people! 1 How is she become like an almanah (widow)! 1 She that was great among the Goyim, 1 and sarah (princess) among the provinces, 1 how is she become a forced laborer! 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 6:1

In this chapter we have, I. A sinful people studying to put a slight upon God's threatenings and to make them appear trivial, confiding in their privileges and pre-eminences above other nations ( ver. 2, 3 ), and their power ( ver. 13 ), and wholly addicted to their pleasures, ver. 4-6 . II. A serious prophet studying to put a weight upon God's threatenings and to make them appear terrible, by setting forth the severity of those judgments that were coming upon these sensualists ( ver. 7 ), God's abhorring them,… Read the whole commentary →

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