Amos 6:6

Overview - Amos 6
The wantonness of Israel,
shall be plagued with desolation;
12 and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction.
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Amos 6:6  (King James Version)
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
 


drink
This probably refers to the costliness and magnificence of the drinking vessels, as well as to the quantity drank.

wine in bowls
or, in bowls of wine.
Hosea 3:1 ; 1 Timothy 5:23

chief
Matthew 26:7-9 ; John 12:3

but
Genesis 37:25-28 ; Genesis 42:21 Genesis 42:22 49:22 Esther 3:15 ; Romans 12:15 ; 1 Corinthians 12:26

affliction
or, breach.
2 Kings 15:29 ; 17:3-6 Jeremiah 30:7