Amos.6.4

Amos 6:4

KJV GOD

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

Cross References

Esther 1:6

KJV

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

Xerxes’ Royal Feast

Jeremiah 16:8

KJV GOD

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

Disaster Predicted

Ezekiel 16:49

KJV GOD

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Judgment on Jerusalem

Ezekiel 23:41

KJV GOD

And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.

Judgment on Both Sisters

Ezekiel 34:2

KJV GOD

Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

A Prophecy against Israel’s Shepherds

Ezekiel 34:3

KJV GOD

Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.

A Prophecy against Israel’s Shepherds

Amos 3:12

KJV GOD

Thus saith the Lord; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.

Witnesses against Israel

Amos 8:3

KJV GOD

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

The Basket of Summer Fruit

Micah 6:12

KJV GOD

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Amos 6:4

That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

Cross References

Xerxes’ Royal Feast

Disaster Predicted

Judgment on Jerusalem

Judgment on Both Sisters

A Prophecy against Israel’s Shepherds

A Prophecy against Israel’s Shepherds

Witnesses against Israel

The Basket of Summer Fruit

The Punishment of Israel