In bowls — Not in little vessels, but probably bowls: they drank these filled as full as they could hold too, and in design to drink each other down. And anoint — In those hot countries this anointing was much used. Not grieved — Nothing affected with the calamities of their country.
Verse Amos 6:6. _THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS_] Perhaps the _costliness_ of the _drinking vessels_, more than the _quantity_ drank, is that which is here reprehended by the prophet. Drinking vessels of t...
THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS - (Literally, as the English margin, “drink in bowls,” literally, “sprinkling vessels, of wine”). The word is elsewhere used only of the “bowls,” out of which the blood of the...
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 LUXURY OF ISRAEL'S RULERS. Extravagance in ritual often indicates a perverted sense of what constitutes a true philosophy of life. The price of luxury is far greater than men realise. The prophet...
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin_. App-27. BOWLS. sacred bowls; not in goblets. ARE NOT GREIVED. do not afflict themselves AFFLICTION. breach: i.e. the breach of the two kingdoms (1 Kings 12). Compare Isaiah 30...
The luxury and indifference of the leaders of the nation....
_that drink_ WITH BOWLS OF _wine_ Not satisfied with ordinary cups. _Bowl_is properly a _throwing-vessel_, the root _zâraḳ_signifying _to throw_or _dash in a volume_, Leviticus 1:5; Leviticus 1:11, &c...
_EVIL IS STRONGLY CONDEMNED -- AMOS 6:5-7:_ God told the people, "You sing foolish songs to the music of harps." He also said, "Like David they invent for themselves instruments of music." This verse...
THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS— See the note on Psalms 75:8. Proverbs 23:31.Song of Solomon 8:2. Upon a review of which it may be doubted, whether the _drinking wine in bowls_ above spoken of is to be under...
RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCELUXURY LEADS TO INDOLENCE TEXT: Amos 6:1-8 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chi...
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS - in the large vessels or basins in which w...
6:6 breach (f-19) Or 'destruction.' see Lamentations 3:48 ....
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...
BOWLS. — The extent of their potations is indicated by the fact that they drink, not from wine-cups, but from large bowls (in which the wine was probably mixed). The same word is used in Exodus 38:3 t...
הַ שֹּׁתִ֤ים בְּ מִזְרְקֵי֙ יַ֔יִן וְ רֵאשִׁ֥
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...
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not (f) grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (f) They did not pity their brethren, of which many were now slain...
_In bowels. Septuagint, "refined," (Haydock) or cleared of the dregs. --- Joseph, of their brethren, or they seem to have no share in the sufferings of mankind, Psalm lxxii. 5._...
What is here said of Zion, in the days of the Prophet Amos, is equally applicable to the Church in all days. There is nothing more foreign to a state of grace, than a state of ease in the world. For w...
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...
_SOCIAL INDIFFERENTISTS_ ‘Not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.’ Amos 6:6 Everywhere, on the altar of the priest, on the stall of the trader, on the threshold of the nobleman’s palace, Amos saw...
Amos now reproaches the chiefs of both kingdoms for drinking wine in bowls, that is, in vessels either elegantly formed or precious. Some think “silver” to be understood “in vessels of silver:” but th...
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...
THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS,.... Not in small cups or glasses, but in large bowls, that they might drink freely, even to drunkenness; hence we read of the drunkards of Ephraim, or the ten tribes, Isaiah...
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Ver. 6. _That drink wine in bowls_] _Non in scyphis, cyathis, aut cali...
_Ye that put far away the evil day_ Ye who persuade yourselves that God's judgments will not overtake you so soon as the predictions of the prophet import. _And cause the seat of violence to come near...
THE PEOPLE GUILTY OF SECURITY AND LUXURY...
that drink wine in bowls, out of sacrificial vessels, such as were used in worship, AND ANOINT THEMSELVES WITH THE CHIEF OINTMENTS, using only the finest grades for their purpose; BUT THEY ARE NOT GRI...
WINE IN THE BOWLS: Or, in bowls of wine AFFLICTION: _ Heb._ breach...
1-7 Those are looked upon as doing well for themselves, who do well for their bodies; but we are here told what their ease is, and what their woe is. Here is a description of the pride, security, and...
The prophet continues the woe still to these riotous feasters; the jovial, banqueting, dancing, and singing judges. THAT DRINK WINE IN BOWLS; not in little vessels, not in moderate glasses or cups, as...
Amos 6:6 drink H8354 (H8802) wine H3196 bowls H4219 anoint H4886 (H8799) best H7225 ointments H8081 grieved...
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...
Amos was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. His words are rugged, but sometimes he rises to sublimity. His expressions are somewhat dark, and not readily to be understood; but when we learn...
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...
_They are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph._ PERSONAL SYMPATHY THE ONLY RIGHT BASIS FOR CHRISTIAN EFFORT The term “Joseph” is here employed for the whole of the people of the kingdom of Israe...
_Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near._ MAN’ S EVIL DAY I. All men have an evil day in their future. Calamities and trials are common to all. There is one e...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 6:4 Instead of grieving over their sins, the wealthy Israelites were treating themselves to the very best of life’s pleasures. It was these people whom the Assyrians would take first...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 6:6 WINE IN BOWLS and FINEST OILS are further indications that all restraint was gone. The wealthy cared extravagantly for their own bodies but cared nothing for the needs of others....
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 6:4.] Luxury added to oppression. STRETCH] Lit. pour themselves out, “dissolved, unnerved, in luxury and sloth.” BEDS] inlaid with ivory. LAMBS] Choice and delicious in the East...
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 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:3;...