Amos 6:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Uncle — Or near kinsman, instead of those who were wont to do this, and were paid for it; but now none of these remaining, the next to the dead must, as well as he is able, take him up on his shoulders, and carry him. That burneth — Though the Jews mostly buried, yet in some cases they burned the dead bodies, as in this of pestilence. The bones — The flesh being consumed, the bones are reserved to be buried. Unto him — Any one he sees near the house out of which the bones are carried. Is there yet any — Is any one living in your house. Hold thy tongue — Do not complain, lest thou thyself be killed, lest all be rifled. For — It is too late to seek God, who is executing his immutable decree.