Amos 6 (NET)

Amos 6:1¹Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 32:9-11Jas 5:5Luke 12:17-20Amos 4:1Exod 19:5-6Judg 18:7Zeph 1:12Jas 1:18Isa 33:14Jer 49:31

Amos 6:2²They say to the people: “Journey over to Calneh and look at it; then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they superior to our two kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Nah 3:82 Kgs 18:34Gen 10:102 Chr 26:61 Sam 17:4Isa 10:9-111 Kgs 8:651 Sam 17:232 Kgs 17:242 Kgs 17:30

Amos 6:3³You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 9:10Ezek 12:27Isa 56:121 Thess 5:32 Pet 3:4Amos 3:10Ezek 12:22Matt 24:48Amos 5:12Amos 5:18

Amos 6:4⁴They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:121 Sam 25:36-38Ezek 34:2-3Isa 22:13Isa 5:11-12Jas 5:5Luke 12:19-20Luke 16:19Ps 73:7Rom 13:13-14

Amos 6:5⁵They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:12Amos 5:23Amos 8:31 Chr 15:161 Chr 23:51 Pet 4:3Eccl 2:8Gen 31:27Job 21:11-12Rev 18:22

Amos 6:6⁶They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 49:221 Cor 12:261 Tim 5:232 Kgs 15:292 Kgs 17:3-6Amos 2:8Esth 3:15Ezek 9:4Gen 37:25-28Gen 42:21-22

Amos 6:7⁷Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 7:111 Kgs 20:16-20Amos 5:5Dan 5:4-6Amos 5:27Amos 7:17Deut 28:41Esth 5:12-14Esth 5:8Esth 7:1-2

Amos 6:8⁸The Sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life. The Lord God of Heaven’s Armies is speaking: “I despise Jacob’s arrogance; I hate their fortresses. I will hand over to their enemies the city of Samaria and everything in it.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:14Amos 4:2Amos 8:7Jer 22:5Ps 47:4Amos 3:11Ps 106:40Deut 32:19Ezek 24:21Gen 22:16

Amos 6:9⁹If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:31 Sam 2:33Esth 5:11Esth 9:10Isa 14:21Job 1:19Job 1:2Job 20:28Ps 109:13

Amos 6:10¹⁰When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” He will respond, “No one.” Then he will say, “Hush! Don’t invoke the Lord ’s name!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 31:12Amos 8:3Amos 5:13Ezek 20:39Ezek 24:21Jer 16:6Jer 44:26Num 17:122 Kgs 23:162 Kgs 6:33

Amos 6:11¹¹Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits and the small house into little pieces.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:15Isa 55:112 Kgs 25:9Amos 6:8Amos 9:9Luke 19:44Nah 1:14Zech 14:2Amos 3:6-7Amos 9:1

Amos 6:12¹²Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:7Hos 10:4Amos 5:11-12Isa 59:13-141 Kgs 21:7-13Isa 48:4Ps 94:20-21Acts 7:51-52Hab 1:3-4Hos 10:13

Amos 6:13¹³You are happy because you conquered Lo Debar. You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 28:14-15Luke 12:19-202 Kgs 14:25Jas 4:161 Sam 4:52 Chr 28:6-82 Kgs 13:252 Kgs 14:12-14Dan 4:30Eccl 11:9

Amos 6:14¹⁴“Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel,” the Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking. “They will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the stream of the rift valley.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:652 Kgs 14:25Jer 5:15-172 Kgs 15:292 Kgs 17:6Ezek 47:15-17Hos 10:5Isa 7:20Isa 8:4-8Num 34:7-8