Amos 6 -- Old Testament -- Gospel Daily

Amos

Chapter 6

Woe to the Careless and Complacent

Woe comes upon those at ease in Zion and trusting in the mountain of Samaria, the chief of the nations to whom Israel came. They lie upon beds of ivory, stretch themselves on couches, eat lambs from the flock and calves from the stall, chant to the sound of viols and invent instruments of music like David, and drink wine in bowls while anointing themselves with chief ointments. Yet they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. The LORD swears by himself that he abhors the excellency of Jacob and hates his palaces, declaring he will deliver up the city with all that is therein. When the LORD commands and smites the great house with breaches and the little house with clefts, the people shall turn judgment into gall and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock. The LORD will raise up a nation against the house of Israel that will afflict them.

Wealth and luxurySpiritual complacencyComing captivityDivine judgment

¹Woe 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!

²Pass 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?

³Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

⁴That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

⁵That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

⁶That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

⁷Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

⁸The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

⁹And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

¹⁰And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

¹¹For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

¹²Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

¹³Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

¹⁴But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.