Amos 6:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

That lie upon beds of ivory— This and the following verses give us an idea of a rich and flourishing state, abounding in luxury, and enjoying all the pleasures and delights of a long peace; which was the situation of the kingdom of Israel under Jeroboam the second. Instead of lambs, we may read choice lambs.

Amos 6:4

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretchb themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;