Reading for September 6th

Read Amos 6.1-14 Judgment on Samaria's elite men.
In this judgment speech, Amos indicts Israel's leaders for excessive wealth and complacency
(vv. 1-6) and announces a sentence that includes the conquest of Samaria and deportation of its leaders (vv. 7-14).
In verse 2 Calneh and Hamath are capital cities of important Syrian city-states.
In verse 6 Joseph is a synonym for Israel (5.6).
In verse 13 Lo-debar and Karnaim are cities east of the Jordan that may have been brought
under Israelite control during Amos's career by the conquests of Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14.25).
In verse 14 Lebo-hamath and the Wadi Arabah are the northern and southern boundaries
established for the kindgom of Israel by Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14.25); they are used here
by Amos to depict Israel in its entirety.
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