Amos 6:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

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 too, that the prophet here threateneth, who thus postponed the day of Israel's and Judah's calamities. The evil day; not as if it should be a short calamity, as a day; but it speaks the determinate, fixed time, and the haste wherewith the execution shall be made. The seat; the throne, or judgment-seat, which should relieve the oppressed, condemn the wicked, and acquit the innocent, this is made a seat of violence, where unjust judges condemn the just and take bribes. To come near; thus you draw the judgments of God on yourselves, by acting violence against the poor, and contemning the threats of the prophets.

Amos 6:3

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