Amos 6:1

The Party is over for the Rich

6:1 Woe1 to those who live in ease in Zion,2

to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria.

They think of themselves as3 the elite class of the best nation.

The family4 of Israel looks to them for leadership.5

1	tn On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18.
2	sn Zion is a reference to Jerusalem.
3	tn The words “They think of themselves as” are supplied in the translation for clarification. In the Hebrew text the term נְקֻבֵי (néquvey; “distinguished ones, elite”) is in apposition to the substantival participles in the first line.
4	tn Heb “house.”
5	tn Heb “comes to them.”