--- title: "Amos 6 - Study King James Bible with barnes notes on the whole bible" description: "Read Amos 6 with barnes notes on the whole bible commentary. 1 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! 2 Pa" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/barnes-notes-on-the-whole-bible/amos/6" --- [ Read](/kjv/amos/6)[ Commentary](/study/amos/6)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/amos/6) Audio 1 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!** 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: *be they* better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;* 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;* 5 That chant to the sound of the viol, *and* invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;* 6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.** 7 ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. 8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.* 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that *is* by the sides of the house, *Is there* yet *any* with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.* 11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.* 12 ¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will *one* plow *there* with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.* [Amos 5](/study/amos/5) [Amos 7](/study/amos/7) ## Commentary To verse 1 **Woe to them that are at ease -**The word always means such as are recklessly at their ease, “the careless ones,” such as those whom Isaiah bids [Isaiah 32:9-11](/kjv/isaiah/32/9-11), “rise up, tremble, be troubled, for many days and years shall ye be troubled.” It is that luxury and ease, which sensualize the soul, and make it dull, stupid, hard-hearted. By one earnest, passing word, the prophet warns his own land, that present sinful ease ends in future woe. “Woe unto them that laugh now: for they shall mourn and weep” [Luke 6:25](/kjv/luke/6/25). Rup.: “He foretells the destruction and captivity of both Judah and Israel at once; and not only that captivity at Babylon, but that whereby they are dispersed unto this day.” Luxury and deepest sins of the flesh were rife in that generation (see [John 8:9](/kjv/john/8/9); [Romans 2:21-24](/kjv/romans/2/21-24); [Luke 11:39](/kjv/luke/11/39), [Luke 11:42](/kjv/luke/11/42); [Matthew 23:14](/kjv/matthew/23/14), [Matthew 23:23](/kjv/matthew/23/23), [Matthew 23:26](/kjv/matthew/23/26)), which killed Him who for our sakes became poor. **And trust in the mountain of Samaria -**Not in God. Samaria was strong (see the note above at [Amos 3:9](/kjv/amos/3/9)), resisted for three years, and was the last city of Israel which was taken. “The king of Assyria came up throughout all the land and went up to Samaria, and besieged it [2 Kings 17:5](/kjv/2-kings/17/5). Benhadad, in that former siege, when God delivered them [2 Kings 7:6](/kjv/2-kings/7/6), attempted no assault, but famine only. **Which are named the chief of the nations -**Literally, “the named of the chief of the nations,” that is, those who, in Israel, which by the distinguishing favor of God were “chief of the nations,” were themselves, marked, distinguished, “named.” The prophet, by one word, refers them back to those first princes of the congregation, of whom Moses used that same word [Numbers 1:17](/kjv/numbers/1/17). They were “heads of the houses of their fathers [Numbers 1:4](/kjv/numbers/1/4), renowned of the congregation, heads of thousands in Israel [Numbers 1:16](/kjv/numbers/1/16). As, if anyone were to call the Peers, “Barons of England,” he would carry us back to the days of Magna Charta, although six centuries and a half ago, so this word, occurring at that time , here only in any Scripture since Moses, carried back the thoughts of the degenerate aristocracy of Israel to the faith and zeal of their forefathers, “what” they ought to have been, and “what” they were. As Amalek of old was “first of the nations” [Numbers 24:20](/kjv/numbers/24/20) in its enmity against the people of God , having, first of all, shown that implacable hatred, which Ammon, Moab, Edom, evinced afterward, so was Israel “first of nations,” as by God. It became, in an evil way, “first of nations,” that is, distinguished above the heat by rejecting Him. **To whom the house of Israel came, or have come -**They were, like those princes of old, raised above others. Israel “came” to them for judgment; and they, regardless of duty, lived only for self-indulgence, effeminacy, and pride. 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