Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Amos 6:4
That lie — That out of laziness or luxury, lay themselves to rest. And eat — The very best in all their flock.
That lie — That out of laziness or luxury, lay themselves to rest. And eat — The very best in all their flock.
Verse Amos 6:4. _THAT LIE UPON BEDS OF IVORY_] The word הוי _hoi, wo_, is understood at the beginning of each of the _first, third, fourth,_ _fifth_, and _sixth_ verses. The _beds_ mentioned here may...
THAT LIE UPON BEDS (THAT IS, SOFAS) OF IVORY - that is, probably inlaid with ivory. The word might, in itself, express either the bed, in which they slept by night, or the divan, on which the Easterns...
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...
_That lie upon_ DIVANS (Amos 3:12) _of ivory_ i.e. divans, the frames of which were inlaid with ivory: cf. the "ivory couches," and "great ivory seats," which Sennacherib boasts that he received from...
The luxury and indifference of the leaders of the nation....
_AT EASE IN ZION -- AMOS 6:1-4:_ The national leaders in Israel felt safe and at ease in Zion or Jerusalem and on the mountain of Samaria. However, these notable men of Israel were in trouble. Very gr...
THAT LIE UPON BEDS OF IVORY— This and the following verses give us an idea of a rich and flourishing state, abounding in luxury, and enjoying all the pleasures and delights of a long peace; which was...
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 lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; THAT LIE - (see ). UPON BEDS OF IVORY -...
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...
OF IVORY — _i.e._, inlaid with that material....
הַ שֹּֽׁכְבִים֙ עַל ־מִטֹּ֣ות שֵׁ֔ן וּ סְרֻחִ
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...
_Ivory, with which the beds for eating were adorned, ver. 7. (Calmet) --- Wanton. Hebrew, "stretch themselves out upon their," &c. (Haydock)_...
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...
Amos still pursues the reproof we have noticed at the beginning of the chapter, — that the chief men, of whom he speaks, cast away from them all cares and anxieties, and indulged in pleasures, while 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...
THAT LIE UPON BEDS OF IVORY,.... That were made of it, or inlaid with it, or covered with it, as the Targum; nor was it improbable that these were made wholly of ivory, for such beds we read of: Timae...
_That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;_ Ver. 4. _That lie upon beds of ivory_] Whic...
_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...
that lie upon beds of ivory, on costly couches, inlaid with ivory, AND STRETCH THEMSELVES UPON THEIR COUCHES, reclining, in luxurious self-indulgence, on the sofas of their dining-rooms, AND EAT THE L...
THE PEOPLE GUILTY OF SECURITY AND LUXURY...
STRETCH THEMSELVES: Or, abound with superfluities...
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 woe is to be added to them that, either out of laziness or luxury, and to please the flesh, lay themselves to rest UPON BEDS OF IVORY; on beautiful, rich beds, bought with the gain of bribes and o...
Amos 6:4 lie H7901 (H8802) beds H4296 ivory H8127 out H5628 (H8803) couches H6210 Eat H398 (H
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...
_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...
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 Samuel 25:36; Isaiah 22:13; Isaiah 5:11; Isaiah 5:12; James 5:5;...