Amos 6:8

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

I abhor the excellency of Jacob - (). The sanctuary, which was the great glory of the covenant-people (Vatablus). (.) Or else, the priesthood, and kingdom, and dignity conferred on them by God. These, saith God, are of no account in my eyes toward averting punishment (Calvin).

And hate his palaces - as being the storehouses of "robbery" (; ). How sad a change from God's love of Zion's gates () and palaces (Psalms 48:3), owing to the people's sin! "The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob." "God is known in her palaces for a refuge."

Therefore, will I deliver up the city - literally, 'I will shut up,' implying the straitness of the coming sieges, so that there should be no going out or coming in (Pusey). Collectively, both Zion and Samaria ().

With all that is therein - literally, its fullness: all that fills it: the multitude of men and of riches in it (cf. ). With all that is therein - literally, its fullness: all that fills it: the multitude of men and of riches in it (cf. ).