Amos 6:5

"who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,"

Key Reflection

This passage portrays a vivid picture of luxurious living and spiritual complacency among the wealthy elite. By comparing their lifestyle to that of animals feasted upon, Amos emphasizes how far they have strayed from God’s true purpose for them, highlighting the stark contrast between their opulence and their moral decay.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

That chant to the voice of the lyre -Accompanying “the voice of the lyre” with the human voice; giving vocal expression and utterance to what the instrumental music spoke without words. The word, which Amos alone uses in this one place, describes probably a hurried flow of unmeaning, unconsidered words, in which the rhythm of words and music was everything, the sense, nothing; much like most glees. The English margin “quaver” has also some foundation in the root, but does not suit the idiom so well, which expresses that the act was something done “to the voice of the lyre,” accompanying the music, not altering the music itself. In fact, they would go together.

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