Amós 6:1-8

1 ¡Ay de los que viven tranquilos en Sióny de los que viven confiados en el monte de Samaria!¡Ay de los notables de la nación más importante,a quienes acude el pueblo de Israel!
2 Pasen a Calné y obsérvenla;vayan de allí a Jamat la grande,bajen luego a Gat de los filisteos.¿Acaso son ustedes superiores a estos reinos,o es más grande su territorio que el de ustedes?
3 Ustedes creen alejar el día de la desgracia,pero están acercando el imperio de la violencia.
4 Ustedes que se acuestan en camas incrustadas de marfily se arrellanan en divanes;que comen corderos selectosy terneros engordados;
5 que, a la manera de David,improvisan canciones al son de la cítarae inventan instrumentos musicales;
6 que beben vino en tazonesy se perfuman con las esencias más finassin afligirse por la ruina de José,
7 marcharán a la cabeza de los desterrados,y así terminará el banquete de los holgazanes.
8 El SEÑOR omnipotente jura por sí mismo;esto afirma el SEÑOR Dios Todopoderoso:«Yo detesto la arrogancia de Jacob;yo aborrezco sus fortalezas;por eso entregaré la ciudad al enemigo,con todo lo que hay en ella».

Amós 6:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 6

This chapter seems to be directed both to the two tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and the ten tribes of Israel, under the names of Zion and Samaria, and to the principal men in both; who are reproved and threatened for their carnal security and self-confidence, being in no fear of the evil day, though they had no reason for it no more than other people, Am 6:1-3; are charged with wantonness, luxury, intemperance, and want of sympathy with those in distress, Am 6:4-6; therefore are threatened to be carried captive first, and their city to be delivered up; which, for the certainty of it, is not only said, but swore to, Am 6:7,8; and a great mortality in every house, and the destruction of all houses, both great and small, Am 6:9-11; and since a reformation of them seemed impracticable, and not to be expected, but they gloried in their wealth, and boasted of their strength, therefore they should be afflicted by a foreign nation raised against them, which affliction should be general, from one end of the country to the other, Am 6:12-14.

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