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King James Version (1611 Edition)
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 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 are cruel, and you forget the coming day of judgment.
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
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:
And God said vnto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before mee; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Make thee an Arke of Gopher-wood: roomes shalt thou make in the arke, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
And this is the fashion, which thou shalt make it of: the length of the arke shalbe three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirtie cubits.
A window shalt thou make to the arke, and in a cubite shalt thou finish it aboue; and the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the side thereof: With lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
But with thee wil I establish my Couenant: and thou shalt come into the Arke, thou, and thy sonnes, and thy wife, and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
Of fowles after their kinde, and of cattel after their kinde: of euery creeping thing of the earth after his kinde, two of euery sort shall come vnto thee, to keepe them aliue.
And I will come downe and talke with thee there, and I will take of the spirit which is vpon thee, and wil put it vpon them, and they shall beare the burden of the people with thee, that thou beare it not thy selfe alone.
Yet many yeres diddest thou forbeare them, and testifiedst against them by the Spirit in thy Prophets: yet would they not giue eare: therefore gauest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
For he remembred that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and commeth not againe.
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.
