1 Disaster for those so comfortable in Zion and for those so confident on the hill of Samaria, the notables of this first of nations, those to whom the House of Israel has recourse!
2 Travel to Calneh and look, go on from there to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they more powerful than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
3 Thinking to defer the evil day, you are hastening the reign of violence.
4 Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stall-fattened veal;
5 they bawl to the sound of the lyre and, like David, they invent musical instruments;
6 they drink wine by the bowlful, and lard themselves with the finest oils, but for the ruin of Joseph they care nothing.
7 That is why they will now go into captivity, heading the column of captives. The sprawlers' revelry is over.
8 Lord Yahweh has sworn by his own self -declares Yahweh, God Sabaoth: I detest the pride of Jacob, I hate his palaces, I shall hand over the city and all in it.
9 If ten people are left in a single house, they will die
10 and a few will be left to carry the bones from the house, and they will say to anyone deep inside the house, 'Any more there?' and he will answer, 'No.' Then he will say, 'Hush!-Yahweh's name must not be mentioned.'
11 For look, Yahweh gives the command: as he strikes, the great house falls to pieces and the small house is in fragments.
12 Can horses gallop over rocks? Can the sea be ploughed with oxen? Yet you have changed justice into poison, and the fruit of uprightness into wormwood,
13 while rejoicing over Lo-Debar and saying, 'Wasn't it by our own strength that we captured Karnaim?'
14 But look, House of Israel, against you -declares Yahweh, God Sabaoth- I am raising a nation to oppress you from the Pass of Hamath to the Gorge 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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