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Amos 6:3
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You dismiss any thought of the evil dayand bring in a reign of violence.
Those who put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;
Ye that put farre away the euil day, and cause the seat of violence to come neere:
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence?
Are you postponing the day of disaster, And would you bring near the seat of violence?
You put off the day of punishment, but you bring near the day when you can do evil to others.
Do you put off the day of punishment, Yet cause the seat of violence to come near?
Ye that put farre away the euill day, and approch to the seate of iniquitie?
Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence?
Do you put off the day of calamity,And would you cause the seat of violence to approach?
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
You put off all thought of the evil day but hasten the reign of violence.
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
You people are rushing toward the day of punishment. You bring near the rule of violence.
O you who wait for the evil day, and cause the sabbath of violence to come near;
You refuse to admit that a day of disaster is coming, but what you do only brings that day closer.
You that put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of violence!
You who put the evil day far away, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
—ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Ye that put farre away the euyll day, and approche to the seate of iniquitie.
Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Those who put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;
And ye ben departid in to yuel dai, and neiyen to the seete of wickidnesse;
-you that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
You put off the day of trouble, and bring near the seat of anger.
O you that put far away the evil day, and bring near a reign of violence?
Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:
You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;
O you who put far away the evil day, and bring near the seat of violence?
Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,
Ye are taken out for the euel daye, euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse:
Woe to you who are rushing headlong to disaster! Catastrophe is just around the corner! Woe to those who live in luxury and expect everyone else to serve them! Woe to those who live only for today, indifferent to the fate of others! Woe to the playboys, the playgirls, who think life is a party held just for them! Woe to those addicted to feeling good—life without pain! those obsessed with looking good—life without wrinkles! They could not care less about their country going to ruin.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
put: Amos 5:18, Amos 9:10, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Isaiah 47:7, Isaiah 56:12, Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27, Matthew 24:48, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Peter 3:4, Revelation 18:17
and cause: Amos 6:12, Amos 5:12, Psalms 94:20
seat: or, habitation
Reciprocal: Judges 9:27 - merry 1 Samuel 4:5 - all Israel Proverbs 19:10 - Delight Ecclesiastes 2:2 - It is Ecclesiastes 7:2 - better Isaiah 14:11 - pomp Isaiah 22:2 - that art Isaiah 22:13 - behold Isaiah 59:6 - their works Lamentations 4:5 - that did Ezekiel 7:11 - Violence Ezekiel 8:17 - for Ezekiel 16:49 - fulness Ezekiel 18:7 - hath spoiled Ezekiel 21:10 - should Joel 1:5 - Awake Amos 2:6 - For three Matthew 24:38 - they Luke 12:19 - take Luke 15:13 - wasted Ephesians 6:13 - in the
Cross-References
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.
Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.
Make it four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.
Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about eighteen inches between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three stories high and put a door on one side.
But I solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat.
While I am talking with you there, I will give them some of your authority, so they can share responsibility for my people. You will no longer have to care for them by yourself.
For years, you were patient, and your Spirit warned them with messages spoken by your prophets. Still they refused to listen, and you handed them over to their enemies.
God remembered that they were made of flesh and were like a wind that blows once and then dies down.
What more could I have done for my vineyard? I hoped for sweet grapes, but bitter grapes were all that grew.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ye that put far away the evil day,.... The day of Israel's captivity, threatened by, the Lord, and prophesied of by the prophets; by this prophet, and by Hoshea and others: this they endeavoured to put out of their minds and thoughts, and supposed it to be at a great distance, yea, hoped it never would be; and like the Jews, with respect to their captivity, and the destruction of their city, said it was not near, but prolonged, yea, would never come to pass, Ezekiel 11:3; so some men put far from them the day of death; which though to a good man is better than the day of his birth, yet to a wicked man is an evil and terrible day; he do not care to hear or speak, or think of it, lest it should dampen his carnal joys and pleasures: as also the day of Christ's coming to judgment; which though a good man hastens to in his affections, desires, and prayers, wicked men set at the greatest distance, yea, scoff at it, as believing it never will be, and to show that they are in no pain or uneasiness about it; see Isaiah 56:12. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "who are separated to the evil day"; appointed to it; foreordained to this condemnation; destined to ruin and destruction for their sins; see
Proverbs 16:4;
and cause the seat of violence to come near; boldly venture upon the commission of acts of injustice, rapine, and violence, on a presumption the evil day threatened will never come; or place themselves on the bench in courts of judicature, and there, without any manner of concern, commit the greatest acts of unrighteousness, as believing they shall never be called to an account for them by God or man.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye that put far away - Probably “with aversion.” They bade that day as it were, be gone. The Hebrew idiom expresses, how they would put it off, if they could; as far as in them lay, they “assigned a distance to it, , although they could not remove the day itself. The “evil day” is that same “day of the Lord,” which the scoffers or misbelievers professed to long for Amos 5:18. The thought that the Lord has a Day, in which to judge man, frets or frightens the irreligious, and they use different ways to get rid of it. The strong harden themselves against it, distort the belief in it, or disbelieve it. The weak and voluptuous shut their eyes to it, like the bird in the fable, as if what they dread would cease to be there, because they cease to see it.
And cause the seat - (literally, the session, sitting) of violence to come near They dismissed the thought of the Day of account, in order that they might sin with less fear. They put from them the judgment of God, that they might exercise violence over His creatures. People do not put away the thought of God, except to invite His Enemy into their souls. But therewith, they “brought near” another “seat of violence,” not their own, but upon them. They brought near what they wished to put away, the day, in which, through the violence of the Assyrians, God would avenge their own.
Rib.: “Let them consider this, who put no bound to their sins. For the more they obey their own will, the more they hasten to destruction; and while they think they draw near to pleasures, they draw near to everlasting woes.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 6:3. Ye that put far away the evil day — Wo to you who will not consider the day of approaching vengeance; but continue in your iniquity, and harden your hearts. Ye bring your iniquities nearer, and still suppose your punishment to be at a greater distance.
