Amos 6:4

That lie upon beds of ivory, 1 and stretch themselves upon their couches, 1 and eat the lambs out of the tzon, 1 and the calves from the stall; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

In Context

3Ye that put far away the Yom Rah, 1 and cause the shevet chamas to come near; 1

5Who prattle to the tune of the nevel (harp); 1 like Dovid + 6:5 HaMelech they invent string instruments. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:36And Avigal came to Naval; and, hinei, he held a mishteh (feast) in his bais, like the mishteh of a melech; and lev Naval was tov within him, for he was shikkor ad me'od; wherefore she told him nothing, katan or gadol, until the ohr haboker.

Isaiah 5:11Hoy unto them that rise up early in the boker, 1 that they may chase after shechar (strong drink); that continue until night, 1 till yayin inflame them! 1

Isaiah 22:13And hinei sasson and simchah, 1 slaughter of bakar and ritual slaughter of tzon, 1 eating basar, and drinking yayin; 1 let us eat and drink; for makhar we shall die. 1

Ezekiel 34:2Ben Adam, prophesy against the ro'im (shepherds) of Yisroel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem unto the ro'im (shepherds); Oy to the ro'im (shepherds) of Yisroel who are ro'im tending to themselves! Should not the ro'im (shepherds) be ro'im tending to the tzon (flock)?

Luke 12:19And I will say to my neshamah, Neshamah, you have an ample store of goods for many years to come. Take your ease, LEEKHOL, VLISHTOT, VLISHMOACH + 12:19 Koh 8:15 (to eat, and to drink, and to be merry).

Romans 13:13Let us conduct ourselves decently as in HaYom (The Day), not in carousing and shichrut (drunkenness), not in zenut (fornication) and debauchery and zimmah (licentiousness), not in merivah (strife) and quarreling and anochiyut (selfishness) and kinah (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 →

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