Amos 6:1

Good News Translation

How terrible it will be for you that have such an easy life in Zion and for you that feel safe in Samaria—you great leaders of this great nation Israel, you to whom the people go for help!

Cross References

1 Kings 16:24

and then he bought the hill of Samaria for six thousand pieces of silver from a man named Shemer. Omri fortified the hill, built a town there, and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the former owner of the hill.

Psalm 123:4

We have been mocked too long by the rich and scorned by proud oppressors.

Proverbs 1:32

Inexperienced people die because they reject wisdom. Stupid people are destroyed by their own lack of concern.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinful people of Zion are trembling with fright. They say, “God's judgment is like a fire that burns forever. Can any of us survive a fire like that?”

Jeremiah 2:3

Israel, you belonged to me alone; you were my sacred possession. I sent suffering and disaster on everyone who hurt you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 48:11

The Lord said, “Moab has always lived secure and has never been taken into exile. Moab is like wine left to settle undisturbed and never poured from jar to jar. Its flavor has never been ruined, and it tastes as good as ever.

Jeremiah 49:31

‘Come on! We'll attack those people that feel safe and secure! Their city has no gates or locks and is completely unprotected.’

Jeremiah 5:5

I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the Lord wants them to do.” But all of them have rejected the Lord's authority and refuse to obey him.

Jeremiah 7:4

Stop believing those deceitful words, ‘We are safe! This is the Lord's Temple, this is the Lord's Temple, this is the Lord's Temple!’

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely lies Jerusalem, once so full of people! Once honored by the world, she is now like a widow; The noblest of cities has fallen into slavery.

Amos 3:2

“Of all the nations on earth, you are the only one I have known and cared for. That is what makes your sins so terrible, and that is why I must punish you for them.”

Amos 3:9

Announce to those who live in the palaces of Egypt and Ashdod: “Gather together in the hills around Samaria and see the great disorder and the crimes being committed there.”

Amos 4:1

Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!

Amos 5:27

when I take you into exile in a land beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is Almighty God.

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by the idols of Samaria, who say, ‘By the god of Dan’ or ‘By the god of Beersheba’—those people will fall and not rise again.”

Amos 9:10

The sinners among my people will be killed in war—all those who say, ‘God will not let any harm come near us.’”

Micah 3:1

Listen, you rulers of Israel! You are supposed to be concerned about justice,

Zephaniah 1:12

“At that time I will take a lamp and search Jerusalem. I will punish the people who are self-satisfied and confident, who say to themselves, ‘The Lord never does anything, one way or the other.’

James 1:18

By his own will he brought us into being through the word of truth, so that we should have first place among all his creatures.

James 5:5

Your life here on earth has been full of luxury and pleasure. You have made yourselves fat for the day of slaughter.

1 Peter 5:7

Leave all your worries with him, because he cares for you.

Judges 18:7

So the five men left and went to the town of Laish. They saw how the people there lived in security like the Sidonians. They were a peaceful, quiet people, with no argument with anyone; they had all they needed. They lived far away from the Sidonians and had no dealings with any other people.