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Amos 6
Amos 6 — Overview
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Amos 6 — OverviewAmos 6 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. A sinful people studying to put a slight
upon God's threatenings and to make them appear trivial, confiding in
their privileges and pre-eminences above other nations (ver. 2, 3), and…Amos 6 — OverviewAmos 6 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter seems to be directed both to the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and the ten tribes of Israel, under the names of Zion and Samaria, and to the principal men in both; who are reproved and threatened for…Amos 6:1-7Amos 6:1-7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but
they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain
world: Woe to those that are at ease! We are ready to say, Happy are…Amos 6:1Amos 6:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThem that are at ease in Zion; living in fancied security and self-pleasing (Isaiah 32:9, Isaiah 32:11; Zephaniah 1:12). Judah is included in the denunciation, because she is equally guilty; the whole covenant nation is…Amos 6:1Amos 6:1 · The Pulpit CommentarySorrow dogging the secure.
Human life is proverbially uncertain. "We know not what shall be on the morrow," whether we ourselves shall be. "The unexpected" is always happening; and the lesson of this is—take nothing…Amos 6:1Amos 6:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryReligious indifference and false security.
Amos was a native of the southern kingdom, but his ministry was mainly to Israel. His impartiality appears in the censures and reproaches which he addresses, as in this…