1 "Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Sama'ria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 Pass over to Calneh, and see; and thence go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory,
3 O you who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence?
4 "Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst of the stall;
5 who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David invent for themselves instruments of music;
6 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
7 Therefore they shall now be the first of those to go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves shall pass away."
8 The Lord GOD has sworn by himself (says the LORD, the God of hosts): "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."
9 And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.
10 And when a man's kinsman, he who burns him, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, "Is there still any one with you?" he shall say, "No"; and he shall say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the LORD."
11 For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be smitten into fragments, and the little house into bits.
12 Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood --
13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, "Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?"
14 "For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel," says the LORD, the God of hosts; "and they shall oppress you from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of the Arabah."
Versículos relacionados com Amos, 6:
Amos chapter 6 addresses Israel's complacency and arrogance in its prosperity, ignoring the social justice and the will of God. Instead of trusting God and following their commandments, they trust their own wealth and power. Here are five verses related to the themes of the chapter:
Proverbs 1:32 - "For the apostasy of the simple will kill them, and the prosperity of the fools will destroy them." This verse talks about how prosperity can lead people to deviate from God and his ways, which is exactly what happened to Israel in Amos 6.
Ecclesiastes 5:10 - "He who loves money will never have enough; whoever loves riches will never be satisfied with his income. This is also vanity." This verse emphasizes as the incessant search for riches and prosperity can be vain and unsatisfactory.
Isaiah 5:8 - "Woe to those who add home the house and add field to the field until there is no more place for anyone and are the only inhabitants of the earth!" This verse condemns greed and the concentration of wealth in the hands of the few, something that is also criticized in Amos 6.
Jeremiah 22:17 - "But your eyes and your heart are only for your greed, for your violence, for spilling innocent blood, and to practice oppression and extortion." This verse accuses those who put their own richness and power above justice and compassion for others, again relating to the criticism of Amos 6.
1 Timothy 6:17 - "Send to the rich of this world that they are not haughty, nor put hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in God, which gives us all things to enjoy them." This verse encourages the rich not to be proud of their wealth and not to trust her as their security or source of happiness, something that the Israelites in Amos 6 did not understand.
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