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Amos 6

Amos 6:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Ye that put far away
nadah (Hebrew #5077)
a primitive root; properly, to toss; figuratively, to exclude, i.e. banish, postpone, prohibit
KJV usage: cast out, drive, put far away.
Pronounce: naw-daw'
Origin: or nada (2 Kings 17:21) {naw-daw'}
e the evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
, and cause the τseat
shebeth (Hebrew #7675)
properly, session; but used also concretely, an abode or locality
KJV usage: place, seat. Compare 3429.
Pronounce: sheh'-beth
Origin: infinitive of 3427
of violence
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
to come near
nagash (Hebrew #5066)
to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; relig. to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back
KJV usage: (make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.
Pronounce: naw-gash'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ministry on This Verse

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Amos 5:18• 18Woe unto you that desire the day of Jehovah! To what end is the day of Jehovah for you? It shall be darkness and not light: (Amos 5:18)
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Amos 9:10• 10All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Evil shall not overtake nor befall us. (Amos 9:10)
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Eccl. 8:11• 11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully set in them to do evil. (Eccl. 8:11)
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Isa. 47:7• 7and thou saidst, I shall be a mistress for ever; so that thou didst not take these things to heart, thou didst not remember the end thereof. (Isa. 47:7)
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Isa. 56:12• 12Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:12)
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Ezek. 12:22,27• 22Son of man, what is that proverb which ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days shall be prolonged, and every vision faileth?
27Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days, and he prophesieth of times that are far off.
(Ezek. 12:22,27)
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Matt. 24:48• 48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, (Matt. 24:48)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
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2 Peter 3:4• 4and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for from the time the fathers fell asleep all things remain thus from the beginning of the creation. (2 Peter 3:4)
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Rev. 18:17• 17for in one hour so great riches has been made desolate. And every steersman, and every one who sailed to any place, and sailors, and all who exercise their calling on the sea, stood afar off, (Rev. 18:17)
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seat.
or, habitation.
 Others dare not to look “the evil day” in the face that they might oppress and enjoy without remorse. (Amos 6 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;