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Amos 6

Amos 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to them that are ρat ease
sha'anan (Hebrew #7600)
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
KJV usage: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare 7946.
Pronounce: shah-an-awn'
Origin: from 7599
z in Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, and trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
of Samaria
Shomrown (Hebrew #8111)
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sho-mer-one'
Origin: from the active participle of 8104
, which are named
naqab (Hebrew #5344)
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
KJV usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
Pronounce: naw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
σchief
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
a of the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, to whom the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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ρ
or, secure.
z
1 Peter 5:7• 7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)
a
Lam. 1:1• 1How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! (Lam. 1:1)
σ
or, firstfruits.

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House,
Israel,
Mountain Mount,
Samaria,
Woe,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-6:  The wantonness of Israel,
7-11:  shall be plagued with desolation;
12-14:  and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction.
to them.
Judg. 18:7• 7Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. (Judg. 18:7)
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Isa. 32:9‑11• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
 10Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. (Isa. 32:9‑11)
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Isa. 33:14• 14The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? (Isa. 33:14)
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Jer. 48:11• 11Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. (Jer. 48:11)
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Jer. 49:31• 31Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. (Jer. 49:31)
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Luke 6:24‑25• 24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
 25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. (Luke 6:24‑25)
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Luke 12:17‑20• 17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
 18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
 19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
 20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? (Luke 12:17‑20)
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James 5:5• 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. (James 5:5)
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1 Peter 5:7• 7Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)
at ease.
or, secure.
Jer. 7:4• 4Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these. (Jer. 7:4)
and trust.
Amos 4:1• 1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. (Amos 4:1)
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Amos 8:14• 14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. (Amos 8:14)
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1 Kings 16:24• 24And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. (1 Kings 16:24)
named.
Ex. 19:5‑6• 5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
 6And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Lam. 1:1• 1How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! (Lam. 1:1)
chief.
or, firstfruits.
James 1:18• 18Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. (James 1:18)
• Here they are shown that the resources of nature are impotent to hide from the judgment of God; impotent too their place of honor in being raised above the nations, with the house of Israel looking up to them. (“Amos 6” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secured in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the firste of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Or "careless," as Isa. 32.9.
e
Or "named the chief"; but cf. Num. 24.20.