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Amos 6:1

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The Party is over for the Rich

6:1Woe1 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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 On the Hebrew term הוֹי (hoy; “ah, woe”) as a term of mourning, see the notes in 5:16, 18.
  2. 2 Zion is a reference to Jerusalem.
  3. 3 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. 4 Heb “house.”
  5. 5 Heb “comes to them.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,

and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,

the notable men of the first of the nations,

to whom the house of Israel comes!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,

and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,

you notable men of the foremost nation,

to whom the people of Israel come!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion

and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria—

the notable people in this first of the nations,

those the house of Israel comes to.

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow awaits you who lounge in luxury in Jerusalem,

and you who feel secure in Samaria!

You are famous and popular in Israel,

and people go to you for help.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Alas for those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion,

And trust in the mountain of Samaria,

Which are named chief of the nations,

To whom the house of Israel came!