{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/amos/6","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T22:03:51.999Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Amos","bookSlug":"amos","chapter":6,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":5,"nextChapter":7,"totalChapters":9,"totalVerses":14},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity; "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd; "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David; "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee? And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall any to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength? "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Amos 6 (DRB)","markdown":"[Amos 6](https://primebible.com/drb/amos/6)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/amos/6 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}