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Amos 6 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Amos 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

14
verses
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Hebrew words / lemmas
21
classic sermon excerpts
5
preachers & commentators

Amos 6 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
חֲמַת רַבָּה Chămath Rabbâh H2579 2 Chamath-Rabbah
סָרַח çârach H5628 2 extend, excess
רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth H7225 2 first, firstfruit
גָּלָה gâlâh H1540 2 denude, exile
גְּבוּל gᵉbûwl H1366 2 cord, twisted
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 2 oracle
צָבָא tsâbâʼ H6635 2 mass, army

How preachers through history handled this text

21 public-domain excerpts on Amos 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 13 Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 3 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that will not be brought to mention God's name, and to worship him, when the hand of God is gone out against them, when sickness and death are in their families. Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as rocks. When our services of God are soured with sin, his providences will justly be made bitter to us. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Amos 6:8–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Samaria 1 — Amos 6:1
  • Zion — Amos 6:1
  • Karnaim — Amos 6:13
  • Lo-debar — Amos 6:13
  • Brook of the Arabah — Amos 6:14
  • Lebo-hamath — Amos 6:14

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