Amos · Brenton's English Septuagint
Amos 6 Brenton's English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (2)
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 O house of Israel, pass by all [of you], and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, [see] if their coasts are greater than your coasts.
2 Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
3 Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
4 who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,
5 who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting [pleasures];
5 who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
6 who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
7 Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 For the Lord has sworn by himself, [saying], Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off [his] city with all who inhabit it.
8 “The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
9 It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavour to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one] else with thee? And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
10 “When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
11 For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.
11 “For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 ye who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?
13 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were [from] the river of the wilderness.
14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 32:9–11; James 5:5; Luke 12:17–20; Amos 4:1; Zephaniah 1:12
- 2 Nahum 3:8; Genesis 10:10; 2 Kings 18:34; 2 Chronicles 26:6; Isaiah 10:9–11
- 3 Amos 9:10; Isaiah 56:12; Ezekiel 12:27; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Amos 3:10
- 4 Amos 3:12; James 5:5; 1 Samuel 25:36–38; Ezekiel 34:2–3; Isaiah 5:11–12
- 5 Isaiah 5:12; Amos 5:23; Amos 8:3; Genesis 31:27; Ecclesiastes 2:8
- 6 Genesis 49:22; 1 Corinthians 12:26; 1 Timothy 5:23; 2 Kings 17:3–6; Jeremiah 30:7
- 7 Amos 7:11; Amos 5:5; 1 Kings 20:16–20; Daniel 5:4–6; Nahum 1:10
- 8 Jeremiah 51:14; Amos 4:2; Jeremiah 22:5; Psalm 47:4; Amos 8:7
- 9 Amos 5:3; Job 1:2; Esther 5:11; Psalm 109:13; 1 Samuel 2:33
- 10 Amos 8:3; 1 Samuel 31:12; Ezekiel 20:39; Amos 5:13; Numbers 17:12
- 11 Amos 3:15; Isaiah 55:11; 2 Kings 25:9; Amos 6:8; Luke 19:44
- 12 Amos 5:7; Hosea 10:4; Amos 5:11–12; Isaiah 59:13–14; 1 Kings 21:7–13
- 13 Luke 12:19–20; Isaiah 28:14–15; James 4:16; 2 Kings 14:25; Job 31:29
- 14 2 Kings 14:25; 1 Kings 8:65; Jeremiah 5:15–17; Numbers 34:7–8; 2 Kings 17:6
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
They thought that they had instruments of music like David; drinking wine in bowls, and anointing themselves with the costliest ointment: and they were not grieved for the affliction of Joseph." Suppose those men who, assuming to be themselves learned and eloquent, despise our prophets as untaught and unskillful of speech, had been obliged to deliver a message like this, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
Hear, at all events, how even apart from these things the prophet finds fault with them, thus speaking, "Woe to them that drink wine racked off, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments." Seest thou how He censures luxury too?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)