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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• 7having cast all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. (1 Peter 5:7)
a
Lam. 1:1• 1{i}How{/i} {i}doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!{HR}She that was great among the nations is become as a widow;{HR}The princess among the provinces is become tributary!{/i} (Lam. 1:1)
σ
or, firstfruits.

More on:

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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• 7{i}And the five men departed, and came to Laish; and they saw the people that were therein, dwelling securely, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and no one was in the land who possessed authority, that might put them to shame in anything; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had nothing to do with any man.{/i} (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.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [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 Jehovah, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. (Jer. 49:31)
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Luke 6:24‑25• 24But woe unto you rich! for ye have received your consolation.
 25Woe unto you that are filled! 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 reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have not [a place] where I shall lay up my fruits?
 18{i}And{/i} he said, This will I do; I will take away my granaries, and build greater; and there I will lay up all my produce and my good things;
 19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid up for many years; repose thyself; eat, drink, be merry.
 20But God said unto him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? (Luke 12:17‑20)
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James 5:5• 5Ye lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter. (James 5:5)
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1 Peter 5:7• 7having cast all your anxiety upon him, because 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 Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, The temple of Jehovah, 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• 14{i}they that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth! and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth! even they shall fall, and never rise up again.{/i} (Amos 8:14)
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1 Kings 16:24• 24{i}And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and built on the hill, and called the name of the city that he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.{/i} (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,
 6{i}and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel.{/i} (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Lam. 1:1• 1{i}How{/i} {i}doth the city sit solitary that was full of people!{HR}She that was great among the nations is become as a widow;{HR}The princess among the provinces is become tributary!{/i} (Lam. 1:1)
chief.
or, firstfruits.
James 1:18• 18Having purposed he begot us by [the] word of truth, that we should be a certain 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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Or "careless," as Isa. 32.9.
e
Or "named the chief"; but cf. Num. 24.20.

W. Kelly Translation

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Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!