3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.
Come, they say, I will get wine, and we will take strong drink in full measure; and tomorrow will be like today, full of pleasure.
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.
Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?
For they have no knowledge of how to do what is right, says the Lord, who are storing up violent acts and destruction in their great houses.
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?
When they say, There is peace and no danger, then sudden destruction will come on them, as birth-pains on a woman with child; and they will not be able to get away from it.
Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.
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Commentary on Amos 6 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 6
In this chapter we have,
Amo 6:1-7
The first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain world: Woe to those that are at ease! We are ready to say, Happy are those that are at ease, that neither feel any trouble nor fear any, that lie soft and warm, and lay nothing to heart; and wise we think are those that do so, that bathe themselves in the delights of sense and care not how the world goes. Those are looked upon as doing well for themselves that do well for their bodies and make much of them; but against them this woe is denounced, and we are here told what their ease is, and what the woe is.
Amo 6:8-14
In the former part of the chapter we had these secure Israelites loading themselves with pleasures, as if they could never be made merry enough; here we have God loading them with punishments, as if they could never be made miserable enough. And observe,