Amos 6

Amos 6:1

OF the Nations] namely; of Sion or Jerusalem, of Judah, and Samaria and of the ten tribes Came] commeth thither upon all businesses and occasions, as to the Princes Court, or Court of justice.

Amos 6:2

Passe ye] doe but consider these Cities, which formerly were ightier and in greater prosperity then any of yours; and yet ate decayed and ruined, to take example thereby, not to grow proud in carnall security Cah] a most ancient Citie in the Babylonian countrey, Genesis 10:10. Taken (as Hamath also a famous City of Syria) and peradventure destroyed also by the Assyrians. Isay 10. 9. See Isay 23. 13 Gath]the Scripture makes mention of no other desolation of Gath, but only by Vzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:6.

Amos 6:3

Pu far away] you Chietaines! put away farre from you all thought, and feare of Gods judgements. Ezekiel 12:22. Amos 9:10. and in the meane time draw neere to publick tyranny; as if sinnes and their punishments, could go the one without the other.

Amos 6:5

That cunt] namely, at your feasts Like David] who was a great inventer and master of musick, and musicall instruments. 1 Chronicles 23:5. which he imployed in praysing of God: whereas these did use them for a provocation of carnall pleasure.

Amos 6:6

In bowls] that is to say; beyond measure The affliction] by reason of their publick calamities.

Amos 6:7

Shall they goe] they shall be the first, and most noted in the punishment; as they have been in degrees of honour and in sinnes.

Amos 6:9

I there] suppose that some number doe escape the enemies hand, they shall fall by the pestilence; & if there be not men enough for to buy them, their bodies shall be burnt: which was not used amongst the people but onely in cases of extreame necessity. See 1 Samuel 31:12.

Amos 6:10

Amans Vnl] the neerest of kinne, who 〈◊〉 the duty of consanginty or to cleanse the house which is fallen to him by inheritance, shall take care of these dead bodies To bring out] to cause the house to be more easily and privately freed from this legall uncleannesse, Numbers 19:14 To him] he seemes to meane him that hath beene imployed in burning of these dead bodies Hold thy tongue] tell no body what hath happened unto us, for feare lest we be sequestred as uncleane by the law We my no] this extreame desolation doth dispence with us touching the lawes of God concerning these pollutions and the purifying of them. Which were not observed even by the most scrupulous consciences in the greatest extremities. See Lamentations 4:14-15.

Amos 6:11

For be hold] all these things shall happen by reason of the utter extermination of great and small, which God hath appointed.

Amos 6:12

The horses] shall we Prophes continually cast away our labours upon you who are so desperately corrupted, and turn all the good which is presented unto you and bestowed upon you, into evil: as if a man plowed or digd a hard rock?

Amos 6:13

Rejoyce] you triumph and glory in your strength, as if you could therewith overcome your enemies.

Amos 6:14

But behold] he gives a reason why hee hath called all their hopes and meanes, things of naught From the entring] these were the two uttermost bounds of the land of Canaan in length The River] called elsewhere the river of Egypt, Num. 34 5. Joshua 15:47.