Passage Research
Amos 6 — Sermon Preparation
The complacent leaders of Zion and Samaria who feast without concern are warned they will be the first to go into exile. 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
- 177 / 137
- 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.
“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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