WOE TO THE COMPLACENT AND PROUD
Key verse: 1a
NIV
Woe to the Complacent
6 Woe to you(A) who are complacent(B) in Zion,
and to you who feel secure(C) on Mount Samaria,(D)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!(E)
2 Go to Kalneh(F) and look at it;
go from there to great Hamath,(G)
and then go down to Gath(H) in Philistia.
Are they better off than(I) your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
3 You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.(J)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.(K)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.(L)
5 You strum away on your harps(M) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.(N)
6 You drink wine(O) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve(P) over the ruin of Joseph.(Q)
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;(R)
your feasting and lounging will end.(S)
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself(T)—the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor(U) the pride of Jacob(V)
and detest his fortresses;(W)
I will deliver up(X) the city
and everything in it.(Y)”
9 If ten(Z) people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them[a](AA) asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush!(AB) We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash(AC) the great house(AD) into pieces
and the small house into bits.(AE)
Footnotes
Cross references
- Amos 6:1 : Lk 6:24
- Amos 6:1 : Zep 1:12
- Amos 6:1 : S Job 24:23
- Amos 6:1 : S Am 3:9
- Amos 6:1 : Isa 32:9-11
- Amos 6:2 : S Ge 10:10
- Amos 6:2 : S 2Ki 17:24; S Jer 49:23
- Amos 6:2 : S Jos 11:22; 2Ch 26:6
- Amos 6:2 : Na 3:8
- Amos 6:3 : S Isa 56:12; S Eze 12:22; Am 9:10
- Amos 6:4 : S Est 1:6; S Pr 7:17
- Amos 6:4 : S Isa 1:11; S Eze 34:2-3; S Am 3:12
- Amos 6:5 : S Ps 137:2; S Isa 14:11; Am 5:23
- Amos 6:5 : S 1Ch 15:16
- Amos 6:6 : S Isa 28:1; S Am 2:8
- Amos 6:6 : S Eze 9:4
- Amos 6:6 : S Eze 16:49
- Amos 6:7 : S Am 5:27
- Amos 6:7 : S Jer 16:9; S La 4:5
- Amos 6:8 : S Ge 22:16; Heb 6:13
- Amos 6:8 : S Lev 26:30
- Amos 6:8 : S Ps 47:4
- Amos 6:8 : S Jer 12:8
- Amos 6:8 : Am 4:2
- Amos 6:8 : S Lev 26:19; Dt 32:19
- Amos 6:9 : S Am 5:3
- Amos 6:10 : S 1Sa 31:12
- Amos 6:10 : Am 8:3
- Amos 6:11 : S Isa 34:5
- Amos 6:11 : S Am 3:15
- Amos 6:11 : Isa 55:11
- Amos 6:12 : Hos 10:4
- Amos 6:12 : S Am 3:10
- Amos 6:12 : S Isa 1:21; S Am 5:7
- Amos 6:13 : S Job 8:15; Isa 28:14-15
- Amos 6:14 : Jer 5:15
- Amos 6:14 : S Nu 13:21
- Amos 6:14 : S Am 3:11
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ESV
Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
6 (A)“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on (B)the mountain of Samaria,
(C)the notable men of (D)the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
2 Pass over to (E)Calneh, and see,
and from there go to (F)Hamath the great;
then go down to (G)Gath of the Philistines.
(H)Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory,
3 (I)O you who put far away the day of disaster
(J)and bring near the seat of violence?
4 “Woe to those (K)who lie on (L)beds of ivory
(M)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
(N)and calves from the midst of the stall,
5 (O)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (P)invent for themselves instruments of music,
6 (Q)who drink wine in bowls
and (R)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 (S)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile,
and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.”
8 (T)The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts:
“I abhor (U)the pride of Jacob
and hate his strongholds,
(V)and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”
9 And (W)if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. 10 And when one's relative, (X)the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, (Y)“Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For behold, the Lord commands,
and (Z)the great house shall be struck down into fragments,
and the little house into bits.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there[a] with oxen?
(AA)But you have turned justice into (AB)poison
(AC)and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[b]—
13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar,[c]
who say, (AD)“Have we not by our own strength
captured Karnaim[d] for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (AE)I will raise up against you a nation,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from (AF)Lebo-hamath
to the Brook of (AG)the Arabah.”
Footnotes
Cross references
- Amos 6:1 : Isa. 32:9; Zeph. 1:12; Luke 6:24; James 5:1
- Amos 6:1 : ch. 3:9; 4:1
- Amos 6:1 : [Ezek. 22:6]
- Amos 6:1 : See Ex. 19:5
- Amos 6:2 : Gen. 10:10; Isa. 10:9
- Amos 6:2 : 1 Kgs. 8:65; 2 Kgs. 18:34; Isa. 10:9
- Amos 6:2 : See 1 Sam. 17:4
- Amos 6:2 : [Nah. 3:8]
- Amos 6:3 : [ch. 9:10; Ezek. 12:27]
- Amos 6:3 : See ch. 3:10
- Amos 6:4 : [ch. 3:12]
- Amos 6:4 : [Esth. 1:6]
- Amos 6:4 : [ch. 3:12]
- Amos 6:4 : [James 5:5]
- Amos 6:5 : See ch. 5:23
- Amos 6:5 : See ch. 5:23
- Amos 6:6 : [Isa. 5:12]
- Amos 6:6 : [Dan. 10:3]
- Amos 6:7 : ch. 7:11, 17
- Amos 6:8 : Jer. 22:5; 51:14
- Amos 6:8 : ch. 8:7; [Ps. 47:4]
- Amos 6:8 : [Jer. 17:3]
- Amos 6:9 : [ch. 3:3]
- Amos 6:10 : See 1 Sam. 31:12
- Amos 6:10 : [ch. 5:13; 8:3]
- Amos 6:11 : [ch. 3:15]
- Amos 6:12 : [ch. 5:7]
- Amos 6:12 : Deut. 29:18
- Amos 6:12 : [ch. 5:7]
- Amos 6:13 : [1 Kgs. 22:11; Mic. 4:13]
- Amos 6:14 : [Jer. 5:15]
- Amos 6:14 : 2 Kgs. 14:25
- Amos 6:14 : See Deut. 1:1
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1. Your feasting and lounging will end (1-7)
In the time of prosperity, the people of both Israel and Judah became complacent. No one was concerned about the rampant immorality and injustice in the land. Instead, the people congratulated themselves on their successful conquests. They were lazy and self- indulgent; they lounged around eating rich food and strumming their harps.
2. The Lord abhors Israel's pride (8-14)
God abhors pride. In Israel, people were so proud that even if all but ten men in one family died, the remnant would not repent. And even one survivor would not turn to God. Justice and righteousness had once been the hallmarks of God's people, but they had turned justice into poison. They boasted about empty conquests as though they had overcome their enemies by their own strength. God would break their pride with the rod of Assyria (14).
Prayer: Lord, save our nation from complacency and empty pride. Lord, I repent of my own pride and complacency and that of my country.
One Word: Don't be proud and complacent