Amos 6:6
That drink wine in bowls
Not in small cups or glasses, but in large bowls, that they might
drink freely, even to drunkenness; hence we read of the drunkards
of Ephraim, or the ten tribes, ( Isaiah 28:1 ) ; or
"drink in bowls of wine"; which is much to the: same sense. The
Targum is,
``that drink wine in silver phials;''
and anoint themselves with the, chief ointments;
which Jarchi says was balsam, and the best is that which grew about
Jericho; this they did not for moderate refreshment, but for
pleasure, and to indulge themselves in luxury:
but they are
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph;
or the "breach" of him
F26; that was made upon him by some enemy
or another: either what had been already made; Kimchi thinks it
respects the carrying captive of some before the reign of Jeroboam;
or it may regard the distress Pul king of Assyria gave to Israel,
in the times of Menahem; or the carrying captive the inhabitants of
several places by Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, in the times of
Pekah, (
2 Kings 15:19 2 Kings 15:29 ) ; or
else, as Jarchi thinks, this refers to some breach and affliction
to come, which these men were unconcerned about; even what they
heard from the mouth of the prophets should come to them; that the
kingdom of the house of Israel should case, and be utterly took
away, (
Hosea 1:4
Hosea 1:6 ) ;
which was fulfilled by Shalmaneser, who carried Israel captive into
the cities of the Medes, (
2 Kings 17:6 ) ; but the
prophecy of this did not trouble them, or make them sick at heart,
as the word
F1 signifies, nor any present affliction
that might attend them; they did not weep with them that weep, were
men of hard hearts, that had no sympathy with their brethren and
fellow creatures. It is thought that here is some allusion to the
attitude of Joseph's brethren to him, when in the pit, and sold by
them into Egypt; or to the chief butler's forgetfulness of him,
when advanced, and amidst his cups.