Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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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