Thematic Bible
Amos 6:1 (show verse)
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the foremost of nations, to whom the house of Israel come.
Amos 6:2 (show verse)
Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
Amos 6:3 (show verse)
Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Amos 6:4 (show verse)
Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Amos 6:5 (show verse)
who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 6:6 (show verse)
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos 6:7 (show verse)
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.
Amos 6:8 (show verse)
"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," says the LORD, the God of Hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
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Amos 6:9 (show verse)
It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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Amos 6:10 (show verse)
"When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush. Indeed we must not mention the name of the LORD.'
Amos 6:11 (show verse)
"For, behold, the LORD commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
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Amos 6:12 (show verse)
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
Amos 6:13 (show verse)
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'
Amos 6:14 (show verse)
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of Hosts; "and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."