Amos 6:3

Amos 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
• New International Version (NIV)You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

Context of Amos 6:3

1Woe (judgment is coming) to those who are at ease and carefree in Zion (Judah) And to those on the mountain of Samaria who feel secure, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes. 2Go over to Calneh [in Babylonia] and look, And from there go [north of Damascus] to the great city of Hamath; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms [of yours], Or is their territory greater than yours? Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near? 4Those who lie on [luxurious] beds of ivory And lounge around out on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall, 5Who improvise to the sound of the harp— Like David they have composed songs for themselves—

Amos 6:3 word by word

הַֽמְנַדִּ֖ים לְי֣וֹם רָ֑ע וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּן שֶׁ֥בֶת חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ye that put far awayנָדָהnâdâh nâdâ' · to put awayH5077
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and cause the seatשֶׁ֫בֶתshebeth · seatH7675
• of violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• to come nearנָגַשׁnâgash · to approach: bringH5066

Cross-references for Amos 6:3

• Amos 5:18Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the Lord [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]! Why would you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];
• Amos 9:10All the sinners among My people will die by the sword, Those who say [defiantly], ‘The disaster will not overtake or confront us.’
• Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil act is not executed quickly, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil.
• Isaiah 47:7And you said, ‘I shall be a queen forevermore.’ You did not consider these things, Nor did you [seriously] remember the [ultimate] outcome of such conduct.
• Isaiah 56:12“Come,” [they say,] “let us get wine, and let us fill ourselves with strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, very great indeed.”
• Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?
• Matthew 24:48But if that servant is evil and says in his heart, ‘My master is taking his time [he will not return for a long while],’
• 1 Thessalonians 5:3While they are saying, “Peace and safety [all is well and secure!]” then [in a moment unforeseen] destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains on a woman with child, and they will absolutely not escape [for there will be no way to escape the judgment of the Lord].
• 2 Peter 3:4and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming [what has become of it]? For ever since the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things have continued [exactly] as they did from the beginning of creation.”
• Revelation 18:17because in one hour all the vast wealth has been laid waste.’ And every ship captain or navigator, and every passenger and sailor, and all who make their living by the sea, stood a long way off,
• Amos 6:12Do horses run on rocks? Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!] Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),
• Amos 5:12For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice].
• Psalms 94:20Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which frames and devises mischief by decree [under the sacred name of law]?

Commentaries on Amos 6:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Ye that put far away the evil day - Wo to you who will not consider the day of approaching vengeance; but continue in your iniquity, and harden your hearts. Ye bring your iniquities nearer, and still suppose your punishment to be at a greater distance.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Ye that put far away - Probably “with aversion.” They bade that day as it were, be gone. The Hebrew idiom expresses, how they would put it off, if they could; as far as in them lay, they “assigned a distance to it,, although they could not remove the day itself. The “evil day” is that same “day of the Lord,” which the scoffers or misbelievers professed to long for Amos 5:18. The thought that the Lord has a Day, in which to judge man, frets or frightens…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3day of calamity (literally seat of violence): By this phrase, Amos either meant that: Israel's actions may have sped up the Assyrian conquest's violence, or the people might have ignored the looming disaster, leading to everyday violence against the poor.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Ye persuade yourselves that "the evil day" foretold by the prophets is "far off," though they declare it near (Eze 12:22, 27). Ye in your imagination put it far off, and therefore bring near violent oppression, suffering it to sit enthroned, as it were, among you (Psa 94:20). The notion of judgment being far off has always been an incentive to the sinner's recklessness of living (Ec 8:12, 13; Mt 24:48). Yet that very recklessness brings near the evil…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 6:3

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Confidence
• Conscience
• Rich, the
• Security
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Banquet
• Chant
• Ease
• Amos (1)
• Commerce

Commentaries on Amos 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings