Bible Gateway passage: Amos 6 - New International Version (2024)

Woe to the Complacent

6Woe 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)
2Go 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?
³You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.^(J)
4You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.^(K)
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.^(L)
5You strum away on your harps^(M) like David
and improvise on musical instruments.^(N)
6You drink wine^(O) by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve^(P) over the ruin of Joseph.^(Q)
7Therefore 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

⁸The 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)”

⁹If ten^(Z) people are left in one house, they too will die. ¹⁰And 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.”

¹¹For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash^(AC) the great house^(AD) into pieces
and the small house into bits.^(AE)

¹²Do horses run on the rocky crags?
Does one plow the sea^[b] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison^(AF)
and the fruit of righteousness^(AG) into bitterness^(AH)—
¹³you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar^[c]
and say, “Did we not take Karnaim^[d] by our own strength?^(AI)”

¹⁴For the Lord God Almighty declares,
“I will stir up a nation^(AJ) against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath^(AK) to the valley of the Arabah.^(AL)”

Footnotes

1. Amos 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire in honor of the dead
2. Amos 6:12 With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there
3. Amos 6:13 Lo Debar means nothing.
4. Amos 6:13 Karnaim means horns; horn here symbolizes strength.

Cross references

1. Amos 6:1 : Lk 6:24
2. Amos 6:1 : Zep 1:12
3. Amos 6:1 : S Job 24:23
4. Amos 6:1 : S Am 3:9
5. Amos 6:1 : Isa 32:9-11
6. Amos 6:2 : S Ge 10:10
7. Amos 6:2 : S 2Ki 17:24; S Jer 49:23
8. Amos 6:2 : S Jos 11:22; 2Ch 26:6
9. Amos 6:2 : Na 3:8
10. Amos 6:3 : S Isa 56:12; S Eze 12:22; Am 9:10
11. Amos 6:4 : S Est 1:6; S Pr 7:17
12. Amos 6:4 : S Isa 1:11; S Eze 34:2-3; S Am 3:12
13. Amos 6:5 : S Ps 137:2; S Isa 14:11; Am 5:23
14. Amos 6:5 : S 1Ch 15:16
15. Amos 6:6 : S Isa 28:1; S Am 2:8
16. Amos 6:6 : S Eze 9:4
17. Amos 6:6 : S Eze 16:49
18. Amos 6:7 : S Am 5:27
19. Amos 6:7 : S Jer 16:9; S La 4:5
20. Amos 6:8 : S Ge 22:16; Heb 6:13
21. Amos 6:8 : S Lev 26:30
22. Amos 6:8 : S Ps 47:4
23. Amos 6:8 : S Jer 12:8
24. Amos 6:8 : Am 4:2
25. Amos 6:8 : S Lev 26:19; Dt 32:19
26. Amos 6:9 : S Am 5:3
27. Amos 6:10 : S 1Sa 31:12
28. Amos 6:10 : Am 8:3
29. Amos 6:11 : S Isa 34:5
30. Amos 6:11 : S Am 3:15
31. Amos 6:11 : Isa 55:11
32. Amos 6:12 : Hos 10:4
33. Amos 6:12 : S Am 3:10
34. Amos 6:12 : S Isa 1:21; S Am 5:7
35. Amos 6:13 : S Job 8:15; Isa 28:14-15
36. Amos 6:14 : Jer 5:15
37. Amos 6:14 : S Nu 13:21
38. Amos 6:14 : S Am 3:11