Amos 6
Sixth chapter of the Book of Amos in the Bible / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amos 6 is the sixth chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[3][4] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Amos. The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary summarises this chapter as
[a] denunciation of both the sister nations[lower-alpha 1] (especially their nobles) for wanton security — Zion, as well as Samaria: threat of the exile: ruin of their palaces and slaughter of the people: their perverse injustice.[5]
Amos 6 | |
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Book | Book of Amos |
Category | Nevi'im |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 30 |
Whereas chapter 5 condemns the conduct of worship in Israel without justice, in chapter 6 "we are taken from the public worship of the people to the private banquets of the rich, but ... only in order to have their security and extravagance contrasted with the pestilence, the war, and the captivity that are rapidly approaching".[6]