Amos 6:3

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Summary

Amos 6:3

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

Put

And cause

Amos 6:12

Amos 5:12

Psalm 94:20

Bible References

Put

Woe to those desiring the day of Jehovah! What is this for you? The day of Jehovah is darkness and not light;

All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not draw near, or come in front of us.

Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

And you said, I shall be a mistress forever; so you did not lay these things to your heart, nor remembered the latter end of it.

They say, come, Let us take wine, and let us gulp strong drink; and tomorrow shall be like today, and much more abundant.

Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days will go on and every vision shall fail?

But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays His coming,

For when they shall say, Peace and safety! Then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail upon a woman with child. And they shall not escape.

and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.

For in one hour such great riches was desolated. And every ship-pilot, and all the company on the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, stood afar off.

And cause

Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock;

For I know your many transgressions and your many sins. They afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate.

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law?