Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, 1 and to those who are secure in the hill country of Samaria, 1 the notable men of the best of the nations, 1 to whom the house of Israel comes for help! 1

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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

2Your leaders say, “Go to Kalneh and look; 1 from there go to Hamath, the great city; 1 then go down to Gath of the Philistines. 1 Are they better than your two kingdoms? 1 Is their border larger than your border?” 1

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Cross References

Judges 18:7Then the five men left and came to Laish, and they saw that the people were living in safety, in the same way the Sidonians lived, undisturbed and secure. There was no one who conquered them or who oppressed them in any way in the land. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Proverbs 1:32For the naive are killed when they turn away, 1 and the indifference of fools will destroy them. 1

Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones. 1 Who among us can sojourn with a raging fire? Who among us can sojourn with everlasting burnings? 1

Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the important people and declare God's messages to them, for they at least know Yahweh's ways, the decrees of their God.” 1 But they all broke their yoke together; they all tore apart the chains that bound them to God. 1

Jeremiah 48:11Moab has felt secure since he was young. He is like his wine 1 that has never been poured from pot to pot. He has never gone into captivity. 1 Therefore he tastes as good as ever; his flavor remains unchanged. 1

Lamentations 1:1The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. 1 She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. 1 She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. 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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