Amos 6:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

Amos 6:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:10
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
Isaiah 56:12
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off.
Amos 3:10
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Matthew 24:48
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

The first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain world: Woe to those that are at ease! We are ready to say, Happy are those that are at ease, that neither feel any trouble nor fear any, that lie soft and warm, and lay nothing to heart; and wise we think are those that do so, that bathe themselves in the delight…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. Ye persuade yourselves that “the evil day” foretold by the prophets is “far off,” though they declare it near (Eze 12:22, 27). Ye in your imagination put it far off, and therefore bring near violent oppression, suffering it to sit enthroned, as it were, among you (Psa 94:20). The notion of judgment being far off has always been an incentive to the sinner’s recklessness of living (Ec 8:12, 13; M…