Amos 6:3

"Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?"

Key Reflection

Amos challenges the Israelites by comparing them to other nations, suggesting that despite their perceived prosperity and privilege, they are not inherently superior. This comparison serves to underscore the message that true piety is more important than material wealth or status.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

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 forAmos 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.

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