New American Standard Bible 1995
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 to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes. 2Go over to Calneh and look, And go from there to Hamath the great, Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours? Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence? 4Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl 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, And like David have composed songs for themselves,
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הַֽמְנַדִּ֖ים לְי֣וֹם רָ֑ע וַתַּגִּישׁ֖וּן שֶׁ֥בֶת חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Amos 6:3
- Amos 5:18Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord, For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you? It will be darkness and not light;
- Amos 9:10All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’
- Ecclesiastes 8:11Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.
- Isaiah 47:7Yet you said, ‘I will be a queen forever.’ These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them.
- Isaiah 56:12“Come,” they say, “let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, only more so.”
- Ezekiel 12:22“Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long and every vision fails’?
- Matthew 24:48But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.
- 2 Peter 3:4and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.”
- Revelation 18:17for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!’ And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance,
- Amos 6:12Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
- Amos 5:12For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate.
- Psalms 94:20Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree?
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
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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
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