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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The luxury and indifference of the leaders of the nation....
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCELUXURY LEADS TO INDOLENCE
TEXT: Amos 6:1-8
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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...
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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...
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6:6 breach (f-19) Or 'destruction.' see Lamentations 3:48 ....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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הַ שֹּׁתִ֤ים בְּ מִזְרְקֵי֙ יַ֔יִן וְ
רֵאשִׁ֥
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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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...
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_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._...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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THE PEOPLE GUILTY OF SECURITY AND LUXURY...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 6:6 drink H8354 (H8802) wine H3196 bowls H4219 anoint H4886
(H8799) best H7225 ointments H8081 grieved...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:3;...
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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...