George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Amos 6:10
Burn. After the captivity, it was more common to bury or to embalm the dead. (Calmet)
Burn. After the captivity, it was more common to bury or to embalm the dead. (Calmet)
Verse Amos 6:10. _A MAN'S UNCLE SHALL TAKE HIM UP_] Bp. _Newcome_ says, this obscure verse seems to describe the effects of famine and pestilence during the siege of Samaria. The carcass shall be bur...
AND A MAN’S UNCLE ... AND HE THAT BURNETH HIM - Literally, “and there shall take him up his uncle and his burner,” that is, his uncle who, as his next of kin, had the care of his interment, was himsel...
CHAPTER 6 The Fourth Discourse _ 1. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion (Amos 6:1) _ 2. The punishment announced (Amos 6:7) Amos 6:1. This woe concerns the great men, the chiefs of the nation, who...
THE MISERABLE FATE OF THESE RULERS. Yahweh solemnly declares (Amos 6:8) that the pride (_mg.)_ of Jacob, the vainglory which has displaced true glory, has become an abomination to Him. There follows a...
A MAN'S UNCLE. a relative HIM I.E. THE CORPSE BURNETH. See note on Amos 4:10. Here, and 1 Samuel 31:12 are the only two places where burning corpses is mentioned, &c. Both are exceptional cases, but i...
The terrible consequences of the siege....
A grim episode imagined by the prophet (cf. Isaiah 3:6 f.) for the purpose of illustrating vividly the terrors of the time: the relative of a deceased man enters his house to perform the last duties t...
_THE LORD SWORE BY HIMSELF -- AMOS 6:8-10:_ The Lord God All-powerful promised by His own name that the wicked would be punished. Let us remember that God does exactly the thing He promises and He doe...
AND A MAN'S UNCLE, &C.— _And a man's near kinsman—_or _he that burns him._ The prophet describes here a pestilence which was to ravage Israel. "If there remain ten men in a house, they shall die one a...
RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCEFALSE PRIDE TURNS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO BITTERNESS TEXT: Amos 6:9-14 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And when...
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he sha...
6:10 uncle, (i-4) Or 'next relation.'...
AND A MAN'S UNCLE, etc.] RV is a little different: 'And when a man's uncle' (RM 'kinsman') 'shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him...
THE FOURTH ADDRESS 1-3. False security of Judah and Israel. 4-6. Carelessness and luxury. 7-11. Captivity, siege, death, ruin. 12, 13. Preposterous errors. 14. The coming of the avenger. 1, 2. Re...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 6 GOD WILL CAUSE THE GOOD TIMES IN ISRAEL TO END V1 Oh, it will be very bad for you people in *Zion. You do not think t...
TEN... UNCLE. — In some large house it might be that ten are left remaining, but even these are devoured by the pestilence which hovers in the track of war. Nine have fallen victims. Fathers and broth...
וּ נְשָׂאֹ֞ו דֹּודֹ֣ו וּ מְסָרְפֹ֗ו לְ הֹוצִ֣
3. "AT EASE IN ZION" Amos 6:1 The evil of the national worship was the false political confidence which it engendered. Leaving the ritual alone, Amos now proceeds to assault this confidence. We are t...
“WOE TO THEM THAT ARE AT EASE IN ZION!” Amos 6:1-14 Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for their drunkenness, gluttony, and insolence. The prophet...
From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease in Zion," and "secure upon the mountains of Samari...
And a man's uncle (k) shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the (l) sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with the...
Probably the captivity here spoken of, in the first sense, had a reference to the Babylonish captivity. But I humbly conceive it had respect to another of an higher nature in a spiritual sense. But, R...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
In the beginning of the verse the Prophet expresses more clearly what he had just said, — that the pestilence would be so severe as to consume the whole family: for when he speaks of an uncle coming t...
Chapter 6 dwells upon the false confidence that deceived the heads of Israel. A similar judgment to that of Calneh and Hamath might fall upon Israel. Their chief men gave themselves up to luxury, as t...
AND A MAN'S UNCLE SHALL TAKE HIM UP,.... That is, his father's brother, as Kimchi; or his near kinsman, as the Targum; to whom the right of inheritance belongs, and also the care of his funeral; he sh...
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and h...
_If there remain ten men in one house_, &c. Those that escape the hands of the enemy shall die by the pestilence. _And a man's uncle_ (or kinsman) _shall take him up_ Some friend or relation, whose du...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE KINGDOM FORETOLD...
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, literally, "his cousin and his burier," that is, a near relative who had the duty of providing for his burial, TO BRING OUT THE BONES OUT...
8-14 How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that...
A MAN'S UNCLE, or some near kinsman, shall take him up, instead of those mercenaries who were wont to do this, and were paid for it; but now none of these to be had, the next to the dead must, as well...
Amos 6:10 relative H1730 burn H5635 (H8764) up H5375 (H8804) bodies H6106 out H3318 (H8687) house...
THE SECOND WOE ON THOSE WHO COMPLACENTLY RELAXED, DEPENDING ON YHWH'S PROTECTION, WHILE THEY ALSO TOTALLY IGNORED HIS REQUIREMENTS (AMOS 6:1). While Amos's mission was to Israel he never overlooked th...
CONTENTS: Woe pronounced upon those at ease in sin abandoned by God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Many are puffed up and rocked to sleep in carnal security by the position they occupy in the...
Amos 6:1. _The mountain of Samaria._ This city was built on a hill, like Zion, to make it impregnable. See note on Isaiah 28:1. Amos 6:2. _Calneh,_ or Ctesiphon. It was situate almost opposite Seleuci...
HOLD YOUR TONGUE! Hold thy tongue. Amos 6:10 (AV). I am sure you will think I have chosen a very rude text. It is a thing your mother doesn't like to hear you say, so I hope you won't go home and s...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 6:7. HEAD] Chiefs in transgression must be _first_ in the procession to captivity. BANQUET] Lit. making merry with shouts. AMOS 6:8. SWORN] “Like ch. Amos 4:2, except that it is...
EXPOSITION AMOS 6:1 With a second woe the prophet denounces the chiefs of the whole nation, who were quite satisfied with the present state of things, and, revelling in luxury, feared no coming judg...
Shall we turn in our Bibles to Amos chapter 6. The Northern Kingdom of Israel has become apostate. They are living in luxury, carelessness, indifference towards God, when suddenly their peace is distu...
1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Kings 23:16; 2 Kings 6:33; Amos 5:13; Amos 8:3;...
Uncle — Or near kinsman, instead of those who were wont to do this, and were paid for it; but now none of these remaining, the next to the dead must, as well as he is able, take him up on his shoulder...