Thematic Bible
Amos 6:1 (show verse)
Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.
Amos 6:2 (show verse)
Cross over [to] Calneh and see, and go from there [to] Hamath Rabbah and go down [to] Gath of the Philistines. [Are] you better than these kingdoms, or is their territory greater than your territory?
Amos 6:3 (show verse)
You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!
Amos 6:4 (show verse)
[Alas for] those who lie on beds of ivory and lounge on their couches, and those eating young rams from [the] sheep and goats, and bull-calves from the middle of [the] animal stall.
Amos 6:5 (show verse)
[Alas for those] who sing to the tune of the harp; like David they improvise on instruments of music.
Amos 6:6 (show verse)
[Alas for those] who drink from sprinkling bowls of wine and anoint themselves with the best of olive oils and are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
Amos 6:7 (show verse)
Therefore, they shall now go into exile at the head of the exiles and the feast of lounging shall pass away.
Amos 6:8 (show verse)
My Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself, {declares} Yahweh, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and I hate his citadel fortresses and I will deliver [the] city and its fullness!"
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Amos 6:9 (show verse)
And then if ten people remain in one house, they too will die.
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Amos 6:10 (show verse)
And [if] one's relative, who burns [the body], lifts it up and brings the body out of the house and he will say to someone in the innermost part of the house, "[Are there] any more with you?" and he will say, "None," then he will say, "Silence," because [we] must not invoke the name of Yahweh.
Amos 6:11 (show verse)
Look, Yahweh [is] going to command and the great house will be destroyed [to] bits and the little house [to] pieces.
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Amos 6:12 (show verse)
Do horses run on rocks, or does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and [the] fruit of righteousness into wormwood!
Amos 6:13 (show verse)
[You] who rejoice over Lo-Debar, who say, "Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves by our strength?"
Amos 6:14 (show verse)
Indeed, I [am] going to raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, {declares} Yahweh, the God of hosts. And they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath up to the wadi of the Arabah.