Amos 6:8
“I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself 1 —this is the declaration of the Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts, 1 I detest the pride of Jacob; 1 I hate his fortresses. 1 Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.”
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9It will come about that if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11I will place my tabernacle among you, and I will not detest you.
Deuteronomy 32:19Yahweh saw this and he rejected them, 1 because his sons and his daughters provoked him so. 1
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you; 1 for the world is mine, and everything in it. 1
Psalms 106:40So Yahweh was angry with his people, 1 and he despised his own people. 1
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud garland crown that is worn by each of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, 1 the garland that is set on the head of the lush Valley of those who are overcome with wine! 1
Jeremiah 22:14he says, 'I will build for myself a large house with spacious upper rooms.' 1 So he cuts out large windows for it, and he panels it with cedar, and he paints it red.
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 →