Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
And invent for yourselves bmusical instruments clike David;
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
bBut are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
The Lord God of hosts says:
“I abhor bthe pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver up the city
And all that is in it.”
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Amos 6:6
drink . . . in bowls—in the large vessels or basins in which wine was mixed; not satisfied with the smaller cups from which it was ordinarily drunk, after having been poured from the large mixer.
chief ointments—that is, the most costly: not for health or cleanliness, but wanton luxury.
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph—literally, "the breach," that is, the national wound or calamity (Psalms 60:2; Ezekiel 34:4) of the house of Joseph (Amos 5:6); resembling in this the heartlessness of their forefathers, the sons of Jacob, towards Joseph, "eating bread" while their brother lay in the pit, and then selling him to Ishmaelites.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 6:6:
Genesis 40:23
Ecclesiastes 2:8
Isaiah 5:12
Isaiah 28:1
Isaiah 61:3
Daniel 2:49
Amos 6:1
Amos 6:7
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