The Two Woes (Amos 5:18 to Amos 6:7).
It may be that we are to see the ‘alas, alas' (ho ho) of Amos 5:16 as leading into these two ‘woes' (hoy, hoy, a longer form of ho) in Amos 5:18 and Amos 6:1. But certainly Amos now introduces two woes/alases. The first ‘woe/alas' is in respect of their false hopes about the day of YHWH, which they are wrongly expecting will bring them great benefits, and the second is in respect of the fact that they are at ease when they should rather be desperately concerned. Both thus deal with misunderstanding and complacency on the part of Israel.