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Ordinary Time · Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Amos 6:1a, 4-7

Alas for Those Who Are at Ease in Zion

October 1, 2028

Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jacopo Bassano
Lazarus and the Rich Man, Jacopo Bassano, c. 1550sCleveland Museum of Art
Bassano paints the rich man's table in full Venetian colour with musicians and dogs, and puts Lazarus at the bottom corner where he is easy to miss.Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory and lounge on their couches: Amos describes the table, and the parable says what happened next.Jacopo BassanoThe head of a family workshop in the Veneto, who put peasants, animals and kitchen pots into biblical scenes before anyone else did.Cleveland Museum of ArtA large encyclopaedic museum in Ohio, free to enter since it opened in 1916.Cleveland Museum of Art
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 16:19-31Lk 16:19-31
Second Reading1 Tim. 6:11-161 Tm 6:11-16
First ReadingAmos 6:1a, 4-7Am 6:1a, 4-7
Responsorial PsalmPs. 146:7, 8-9a, 9b-10 (1b)Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9b-10 (1b)

Overview & Insights

"Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria." (Amos 6:1)

Amos denounces the complacent luxury of Israel's elite, who feast and lounge on ivory beds while ignoring the coming ruin of their nation, warning that they will be the first to go into exile.

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Commentary

Amos 6 Commentary: Woe to the Pride of JacobAm 6 Commentary: Woe to the Pride of Jacob Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse treatment of the woe oracle against the complacent.

Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7Commentary on Am 6:1a, 4-7 Working Preacher

Lutheran scholarly reading of the passage's critique of complacency.

Amos 6 CommentaryAm 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Extensive compiled evangelical commentary excerpts on the chapter.

Amos 6:1 CommentariesAm 6:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentary entries on this verse.

Amos 6 - Barnes' NotesAm 6 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Barnes' close philological notes on the chapter.

Background & Word Study

Amos 6:1 InterlinearAm 6:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text with parsing for the opening verse of the passage.

Amos 6:1-7 in Hebrew and EnglishAm 6:1-7 in Hebrew and English Sefaria

Reads the Masoretic text alongside an English translation.

Amos OverviewAm Overview BibleProject

Short video overview of the book's structure and prophetic themes.

Study Hub

Amos 6:1-7 Study ResourcesAm 6:1-7 Study Resources Textweek

A broad index of further commentary and sermon links on the chapter.

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