Amos 6:8
Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate,—therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9And it shall come to pass, though there be left remaining ten men in one house, yet shall they die;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:11And I will set my habitation in your midst,—And my soul shall not abhor you;
Deuteronomy 32:19When Yahweh saw, he derided,—Because his sons and his daughters gave provocation.
Psalms 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms 106:40Then was kindled the anger of Yahweh with his people, and he abhorred his own inheritance.
Isaiah 28:1Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty,—Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.
Jeremiah 22:14Who saith—I will build me a roomy house, with spacious roof-chambers,—So he cutteth him open its windows, And it is covered in with cedar, And he painteth it with vermilion.
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 →