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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Amos 6 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Amos 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../amos/5.htm" title="Amos 5">◄</a> Amos 6 <a href="../amos/7.htm" title="Amos 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/amos/6.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">“Those at Ease in Zion”</p><CC><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are at ease <i>and</i> carefree in Zion (Judah) <t><p class="indent1">And to those on the mountain of Samaria who feel secure, <t><p class="indent1">The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, <t><p class="indent1">To whom the house of Israel comes. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look, <t><p class="indent1">And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath; <t><p class="indent1">Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. <t><p class="indent1">Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours], <t><p class="indent1">Or is their territory greater than yours? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Do you put off the day of punishment, <t><p class="indent1">Yet cause the seat of violence to come near? <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory <t><p class="indent1">And lounge around out on their couches, <t><p class="indent1">And eat lambs from the flock <t><p class="indent1">And calves from the midst of the stall, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Who improvise to the sound of the harp-- <t><p class="indent1">Like David they have composed songs for themselves-- <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls <t><p class="indent1">And anoint themselves with the finest oils [reflecting their unrestrained celebration]; <t><p class="indent1">Yet they are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph (Israel). <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, they will now go into exile with the first of the captives, <t><p class="indent1">And the cultic revelry <i>and</i> banqueting of those who lounge around [on their luxurious couches] will pass away. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>GOD has sworn [an oath] by Himself--the LORD God of hosts, says: <p class="indent1stline">“I loathe <i>and</i> reject the [self-centered] arrogance of Jacob (Israel), <t><p class="indent1">And I hate his palaces <i>and</i> citadels; <t><p class="indent1">Therefore, I shall hand over the [idolatrous] city [of Samaria] with all that it contains [to the Assyrian invaders].” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And it shall come to pass that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die [by the pestilence that comes with war]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, shall come to bring the [disease-infected] body out of the house, [to cremate it], and he will say to another in the farthest part of the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will respond, “Hush! Keep quiet! For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned [even casually, for fear that we might invoke even more punishment].” <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Do horses run on rocks? <t><p class="indent1">Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] <t><p class="indent1">Yet you have turned justice into poison <t><p class="indent1">And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness), <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You who [self-confidently] rejoice in <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Lo-debar (Nothing), <t><p class="indent1">Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Karnaim (Strength) for ourselves?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“For behold, I am going to stir up a nation against you, <t><p class="indent1">O house of Israel,” says the LORD, the God of hosts, <p class="indent1stline">“And they will afflict <i>and</i> torment you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath [in the north] <t><p class="indent1">To the brook of the Arabah [in the south].”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Heb <i>YHWH</i>, usually rendered LORD.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>a thing of nothing</i>. Lo-debar and Karnaim apparently were Aramean sites that had been captured by Israel. Amos uses the meanings of these names in a play on words to rebuke Israel.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>a pair of horns</i>. The horns of animals were regarded as symbols of power. 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