Amos 6:8

Good News Translation

The Sovereign Lord Almighty has given this solemn warning: “I hate the pride of the people of Israel; I despise their luxurious mansions. I will give their capital city and everything in it to the enemy.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:16

“I make a vow by my own name—the Lord is speaking—that I will richly bless you. Because you did this and did not keep back your only son from me,

Psalm 106:40

So the Lord was angry with his people; he was disgusted with them.

Psalm 47:4

He chose for us the land where we live, the proud possession of his people, whom he loves.

Psalm 50:12

“If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

Psalm 78:59

God was angry when he saw it, so he rejected his people completely.

Proverbs 8:13

To honor the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

Isaiah 28:1

The kingdom of Israel is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on the heads of its drunken leaders. Their proud heads are well perfumed, but there they lie, dead drunk.

Jeremiah 12:8

My chosen people have turned against me; like a lion in the forest they have roared at me, and so I hate them.

Jeremiah 22:14

Doomed is the one who says, “I will build myself a mansion with spacious rooms upstairs.” So he puts windows in his house, panels it with cedar, and paints it red.

Jeremiah 22:5

But if you do not obey my commands, then I swear to you that this palace will fall into ruins. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Jeremiah 44:26

But now listen to the vow that I, the Lord, have made in my mighty name to all you Israelites in Egypt: Never again will I let any of you use my name to make a vow by saying, ‘I swear by the living Sovereign Lord!’

Jeremiah 49:13

I myself have sworn that the city of Bozrah will become a horrifying sight and a desert; people will make fun of it and use its name as a curse. All the nearby villages will be in ruins forever. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah 51:14

The Lord Almighty has sworn by his own life that he will bring many men to attack Babylonia like a swarm of locusts, and they will shout with victory.

Lamentations 2:5

Like an enemy, the Lord has destroyed Israel; He has left her forts and palaces in ruins. He has brought on the people of Judah unending sorrow.

Ezekiel 24:21

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

Hosea 11:6

War will sweep through their cities and break down the city gates. It will destroy my people because they do what they themselves think best.

Leviticus 26:11

I will live among you in my sacred Tent, and I will never turn away from you.

Leviticus 26:30

I will destroy your places of worship on the hills, tear down your incense altars, and throw your dead bodies on your fallen idols. In utter disgust

Amos 3:10

The Lord says, “These people fill their mansions with things taken by crime and violence. They don't even know how to be honest.

Amos 3:11

And so an enemy will surround their land, destroy their defenses, and plunder their mansions.”

Amos 4:2

As the Sovereign Lord is holy, he has promised, “The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook.

Amos 5:21

The Lord says, “I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!

Amos 8:3

On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence.”

Amos 8:7

The Lord, the God of Israel, has sworn, “I will never forget their evil deeds.

Zechariah 11:8

I lost patience with three other shepherds, who hated me, and I got rid of them all in a single month.

Deuteronomy 32:19

“When the Lord saw this, he was angry and rejected his sons and daughters.