Amos 6:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹי הַשַּׁאֲנַנִּים בְּצִיּוֹן וְהַבֹּטְחִים בְּהַר שֹׁמְרוֹן נְקֻבֵי רֵאשִׁית הַגּוֹיִם וּבָאוּ לָהֶם בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל

Transliteration

Hôy the šaʾănannîm in ṣiyyôn wə- the bōṭəḥîm in har šōmərôn nəqubê rēʾšît the gôyîm û- bāʾû to-them bêt yiśrāʾēl

Grammar Details

• *Hôy*: interjection - woe/alas
• *šaʾănannîm*: plural, masculine, definite article - those who are at ease
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun with preposition *bə-* - in Zion
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *bōṭəḥîm*: participle, masculine plural, definite article - those trusting
• *har*: construct noun with preposition *bə-* - in mountain of
• *šōmərôn*: proper noun - Samaria
• *nəqubê*: masculine plural construct - notable ones/designated ones of
• *rēʾšît*: feminine singular construct - first/chief of
• *gôyîm*: masculine plural, definite article - nations
• *û-*: conjunction - and
• *bāʾû*: perfect, 3rd person plural - they came/come
• *bêt*: construct noun - house of
• *yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

• *Hôy*: woe/alas/ah
• *šaʾănannîm*: complacent ones/those at ease/careless ones
• *bōṭəḥîm*: those who trust/rely/are confident
• *nəqubê*: marked ones/designated ones/notable ones
• *rēʾšît*: first/beginning/chief/foremost
• *bāʾû*: come to/enter/resort to

Referenced Verses

• Isa 32:9-9 : 9 Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. 10 Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. 11 Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
• Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
• Jas 5:5 : 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
• Zeph 1:12 : 12 And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
• Luke 12:17-20 : 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
• Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: 6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
• Judg 18:7 : 7 Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
• 1 Kgs 16:24 : 24 And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
• Amos 8:14 : 14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
• Isa 33:14 : 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
• Jer 7:4 : 4 Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.
• Jer 48:11 : 11 Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
• Jer 49:31 : 31 Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
• Lam 1:1 : 1 How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
• Jas 1:18 : 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
• Luke 6:24-25 : 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
• 1 Pet 5:7 : 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.