Amos 6:3

put. thrust.

the evil day. the day of calamity. Hebrew. ra'a. App-44. Compare Amos 3:6; Amos 5:13; Amos 5:9; Amos 5:10

seat or throne

Related Commentaries of Amos 6:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye that put far away - Probably “with aversion.” They bade that day as it were, be gone. The Hebrew idiom expresses, how they would put it off, i...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye that put far away the (d) evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; (d) You that continue still in your wickedness, and think that G...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Luxury of Israel's Rulers. Extravagance in ritual often indicates a perverted sense of what constitutes a true philosophy of life. The price of...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here reproves the Jews and Israelites for another crime, — that they had often provoked God’s wrath, and ceased not by their sins t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Ye that put far away the evil day - Wo to you who will not consider t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of viol...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Address 1-3. False security of Judah and Israel. 4-6 . Carelessness and luxury. 7-11 . Captivity, siege, death, ruin. 12, 13 . Pr...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Far away. — They choose to think that the day of reckoning is far off, and cling yet closer to their habits of defrauding the poor at the seat of j...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. "AT EASE IN ZION" Amos 6:1-14 The evil of the national worship was the false political confidence which it engendered. Leaving the ritual al...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Woe to Them That Are at Ease in Zion!” Amos 6:1-14 Zion is included with Samaria in this prophecy and the nobles are especially condemned for...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

From the formalists the prophet turned toward those who had lost all sense of the spiritual and the moral, and were indifferent, those were ''at ease...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What is here said of Zion, in the days of the Prophet Amos, is equally applicable to the Church in all days. There is nothing more foreign to a state...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ye that put far away the evil day ,.... The day of Israel's captivity, threatened by, the Lord, and prophesied of by the prophets; by this prophet,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Ver. 3. Ye that put far away the evil day ] Woe to you that would...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ye that put far away the evil day Ye who persuade yourselves that God's judgments will not overtake you so soon as the predictions of the prophet i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Danger of False Security. B. C. 790. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Woe to you that flatter yourselves that the day of darkness and misery foretold is far off! See Poole on " Ezekiel 12:27 " . These were great ones t...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Second Woe On Those Who Complacently Relaxed, Depending On YHWH's Protection, While They Also Totally Ignored His Requirements ( Amos 6:1-14 )....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 6:2 . Pass ] Survey three neighbouring kingdoms. “If these kingdoms are not better and greater than yours, why do ye...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos was a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. His words are rugged, but sometimes he rises to sublimity. His expressions are somewhat dark,...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 6:1 . The mountain of Samaria. This city was built on a hill, like Zion, to make it impregnable. See note on Isaiah 28:1 . Amos 6:2 . Cal...
The Biblical Illustrator

Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near. Man’ s evil day I. All men have an evil day in their future. Ca...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 6:1-30 With a second woe the prophet denounces the chiefs of the whole nation, who were quite satisfied with the present st...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The People Guilty of Security and Luxury
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye that put far away the evil day, refusing to believe that a day of reckoning is near, and cause the seat of violence to come near, so that violen...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 5:3 ; 2 Peter 3:4 ; Amos 5:18 ; Amos 9:10 ; Amos 5:12 ; Amos 6:12 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Ezekiel 12:22 ; Ezekiel 12:27 ; Isa...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — That flatter yourselves the day of darkness foretold, is far off. The seat — The judgment seat which should relieve the oppressed, is made a s...

³ Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seata of violence to come near;

Related Commentaries of Amos 6:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 6:3