Amos 6:8
“The Lord GOD has sworn by himself,” says the LORD, the God of Hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
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9It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11I will set my tent among you, and my soul won’t abhor you.
Deuteronomy 32:19The LORD saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
Psalms 106:40Therefore the LORD burned with anger against his people. He abhorred his inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Jeremiah 22:14who says, ‘I will build myself a wide house and spacious rooms,’ and cuts out windows for himself, with a cedar ceiling, and painted with 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 →