--- title: "Amos 6 - Study King James Bible with preachers complete homiletical commentary" description: "Read Amos 6 with preachers complete homiletical commentary 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/preachers-complete-homiletical-commentary/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 *HOMILETICS* **CRITICAL NOTES.]** Second woe denounced. **Ease**] Recklessly and carelessly. **Mount**.] not in God. **Sam**.] Strong, which resisted for 3 years, and was the last city of Israel taken ([2 Kings 17:5-6](/kjv/2-kings/17/5-6)). **Chief**] in influence and office, Heb. men designated ([Numbers 1:17](/kjv/numbers/1/17); [1 Chronicles 12:31](/kjv/1-chronicles/12/31)). **Came**] for decision and help. Israel was the chief of nations, and these princes the distinguished of Israel. Sadly degenerate now! AT EASE IN ZION.—*[Amos 6:1](/kjv/amos/6/1)* In the first part of this chapter woe is uttered against the careless chiefs of the nation, for profane security, contempt of Divine judgments, and heartless oppression. Special allusion is made to the leaders, but the whole nation had sunk into godless conduct and shameful debauchery. **I. At ease in eminent responsibility**. “At ease in Zion.” Israel was exalted as a nation above others. Israel’s princes were men of rank and authority; “renowned of the congregation,” and consulted by the people. All were blessed with eminent privileges and great responsibility. But the honour was not recognized. The highest motive to action did not confirm them in fidelity to God. They carelessly indulged themselves and forgot their responsibilities. Where much is given, much will be required. To be “at ease in Zion,” in the midst of religious ordinances and gospel light, is especial danger. If we neglect or despise our eminent position, we aggravate our guilt, and increase the greatness of our downfall—“Woe unto thee, Chorazin! Woe unto thee, Bethsaida!” &c. **II. At ease in carnal security**. “And trust in the mountain of Samaria.” Zion, the centre of religion, and Samaria, the metropolis of a powerful kingdom, were the security of Israel. Our own strength and resources will prove a broken reed. Men may boast of the places in which they live, glory in their eminence, and secure themselves in ease; but vain confidence in the means of grace will awfully disappoint. We must trust to no great men, no high hills. “Our help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” **III. At ease in great pride**. Connected with ease and carnal security was a haughty spirit. Israel prided themselves in their relation to God, and disdained other nations. “The chief of the nations to whom the house of Israel came” would think themselves, and expect others to call them, great men. “Haughty because of my holy mountain.” Many are puffed up with pride, and rock themselves to sleep in religious privileges. They cry “The temple of the Lord are we” ([Jeremiah 7:4](/kjv/jeremiah/7/4)), and doubt not but God’s sanctuary will secure them from judgments to come. But pride never gives true rest, and those who delude themselves in superior holiness and distinguished titles shall be utterly forgotten ([Psalms 109:13](/kjv/psalms/109/13)). The greater their glory, the more shameful their punishment. “How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her.” **IV. At ease in threatened judgments**. “Woe to them.” When God is angry men have no reason to sleep. Reckless indifference, in business and religion, is a forerunner of certain ruin. Careless sinners, sleepers in Zion, are in danger of eternal destruction. When they rouse not at the call of the gospel, when deaf to the thunders of Divine judgments, they sleep where God will come first and be most severe; where the calls are loudest and the doom most hopeless. Wake up at the *sound* of “Woe,” before you feel its dreadful reality. “What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise and call upon thy God.” SCOURGE FOR SLUMBERING SOULS In itself considered it is no ill thing, but a great blessing, to be at ease in Zion, in a healthy sense of the word. But there is an ill sense in which it is used, “Woe to them,” &c: the ease of one grown callous, hardened, and sullen, a sleep which if not broken will bring to the bed of hell. I. *First*, to rouse the many at ease in Zion, we will call out their names—which are found in the chapter before us. The name of the first sleeper in Zion is *Presumptuous*. His character is described in the first verse, “They trust in the mountain,” &c.—boast of their morality and self-righteousness. “I am rich and increased in good,” &c. A second is *Not-now*, or *Procrastination*. “Ye that put far away the evil day” ([Amos 6:3](/kjv/amos/6/3)). The third name is *Evil-doer*, or *Sin-lover*. “They cause the seat of violence to come near.” The next is *Love-self*. “They lie upon beds of ivory,” &c. Among those at ease was one called *Careless*, an individual who belongs to a large family. We may give him another name, *giddy, light-hearted*. “That chant to the sound of the viol.” The last name is *Crossless*. “They are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.” **II**. Now having mentioned their names we **shed some light upon these sleepers’ eyes**. A hopeless errand! for they sleep with the sun of heaven shining upon their eyelids. “At ease in *Zion*.’ Not in Ethiopia, where they have never heard the gospel; not in Sheba or the ends of the earth, where no warning prophets had been sent. In the first place you are asleep, *but you know your danger*. You have *frequent arousings*. Everything in this place *cries out against you*. To be at ease when the House, the Gospel, and the Sabbath are crying out against us, is to be at ease while God is making ready his sword against us. **III**. The last point is, **to sound the trumpet in the ears of the sleepers**. My trumpet has but one note, “Woe! woe! woe!” Not a living man knows the full meaning of that word. Bring out the gentler parts of the note; and first, woe to you, *for now is it at all likely that you ever will be saved?* In the innumerable cases in this place of conversion the majority were persons who had not long heard the word. I think Christmas Evans used the simile of the blacksmith’s dog, which was very frightened with the sparks at first, but at last got so accustomed to them that he went to sleep under the anvil. “And so,” said the good preacher, “there be many that go to sleep under the gospel, with the sparks of damnation flying about their nostrils.” Remember you are asleep in a place where Justice deals its heaviest blow. Do you tremble? You are saved the moment you believe in Christ. “There is therefore now no condemnation,” &c. [*Spurgeon*]. ILLUSTRATIONS TO CHAPTER 3 [Amos 6:1](/kjv/amos/6/1). *Ease*. This is carnal ease, a fleshly security; it is not the confidence of a man who is pardoned, but the ease of a hardened wretch who has learned to despise the gibbet. 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