Amos 6:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.

bowls. sacred bowls; not in goblets.

are not greived. do not afflict themselves

affliction. breach: i.e. the breach of the two kingdoms (1 Kings 12). Compare Isaiah 30:26; Jeremiah 6:14.

Joseph. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Part), App-6, for the whole of the ten tribes.. reference to the Patriarch, by application.

Amos 6:6

6 That drink wined in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.