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Amos 6:6

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drink: This probably refers to the costliness and magnificence of the drinking vessels, as well as to the quantity drank.

wine in bowls: or, in bowls of wine, Hosea 3:1; 1 Timothy 5:23

chief: Matthew 26:7-9; John 12:3

but: Genesis 37:25-28, Genesis 42:21-22, Genesis 49:22; Esther 3:15; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26

affliction: or, breach, 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:3-6; Jeremiah 30:7

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