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Amos 6

Am. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Woe
howy (Hebrew #1945)
oh!
KJV usage: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Pronounce: hoh'ee
Origin: a prolonged form of 1930 (akin to 188)
to them that are ρat ease
sha'anan (Hebrew #7600)
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
KJV usage: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare 7946.
Pronounce: shah-an-awn'
Origin: from 7599
z in Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
, and trust
batach (Hebrew #982)
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as 2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
KJV usage: be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
Pronounce: baw-takh'
Origin: a primitive root
in the mountain
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
of Samaria
Shomrown (Hebrew #8111)
watch-station; Shomeron, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Samaria.
Pronounce: sho-mer-one'
Origin: from the active participle of 8104
, which are named
naqab (Hebrew #5344)
to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
KJV usage: appoint, blaspheme, bore, curse, express, with holes, name, pierce, strike through.
Pronounce: naw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
σchief
re'shiyth (Hebrew #7225)
the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
KJV usage: beginning, chief(-est), first(-fruits, part, time), principal thing.
Pronounce: ray-sheeth'
Origin: from the same as 7218
a of the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
, to whom the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
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1-6:  The wantonness of Israel,
7-11:  shall be plagued with desolation;
12-14:  and their incorrigibleness shall end in affliction.
to them.
Jue. 18:7• 7Entonces aquellos cinco hombres se partieron, y vinieron á Lais: y vieron que el pueblo que habitaba en ella estaba seguro, ocioso y confiado, conforme á la costumbre de los de Sidón; no había nadie en aquella región que los perturbase en cosa alguna para poseer aquel estado; demás de esto, estaban lejos de los Sidonios, y no tenían negocios con nadie. (Jue. 18:7)
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Is. 32:9‑11• 9Mujeres reposadas, levantaos, oid mi voz; confiadas, escuchad mi razón.
10Días y años tendréis espanto, oh confiadas; porque la vendimia faltará, y la cosecha no acudirá.
11Temblad, oh reposadas; turbaos, oh confiadas: despojaos, desnudaos, ceñid los lomos con saco.
(Is. 32:9‑11)
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Is. 33:14• 14Los pecadores se asombraron en Sión, espanto sobrecogió á los hipócritas. ¿ Quién de nosotros morará con el fuego consumidor? ¿quién de nosotros habitará con las llamas eternas? (Is. 33:14)
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Jer. 48:11• 11Quieto estuvo Moab desde su mocedad, y sobre sus heces ha estado él reposado, y no fué trasegado de vaso en vaso, ni nunca fué en cautiverio: por tanto quedó su sabor en él, y su olor no se ha trocado. (Jer. 48:11)
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Jer. 49:31• 31Levantaos, subid á gente pacífica, que vive confiadamente, dice Jehová, que ni tienen puertas ni cerrojos, que viven solitarios. (Jer. 49:31)
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Lc. 6:24‑25• 24Mas ay de vosotros, ricos! porque tenéis vuestro consuelo.
25Ay de vosotros, los que estáis hartos! porque tendréis hambre. Ay de vosotros, los que ahora reís! porque lamentaréis y lloraréis.
(Lc. 6:24‑25)
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Lc. 12:17‑20• 17Y él pensaba dentro de sí, diciendo: ¿qué haré, porque no tengo donde juntar mis frutos?
18Y dijo: Esto haré: derribaré mis alfolíes, y los edificaré mayores, y allí juntaré todos mis frutos y mis bienes;
19Y diré á mi alma: Alma, muchos bienes tienes almacenados para muchos años; repósate, come, bebe, huélgate.
20Y díjole Dios: Necio, esta noche vuelven á pedir tu alma; y lo que has prevenido, ¿ de quién será?
(Lc. 12:17‑20)
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Stg. 5:5• 5Habéis vivido en deleites sobre la tierra, y sido disolutos; habéis cebado vuestros corazones como en el día de sacrificios. (Stg. 5:5)
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1 P. 5:7• 7Echando toda vuestra solicitud en él, porque él tiene cuidado de vosotros. (1 P. 5:7)
at ease.
or, secure.
and trust.
named.
chief.
or, firstfruits.
 Here they are shown that the resources of nature are impotent to hide from the judgment of God; impotent too their place of honor in being raised above the nations, with the house of Israel looking up to them. (Amos 6 by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secured in the mountain of Samaria, the renowned of the firste of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Or "careless," as Isa. 32.9.
e
Or "named the chief"; but cf. Num. 24.20.