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Time after Pentecost · Proper 21 · Year C

Amos 6:1-7

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
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 16:19-31Lk 16:19-31
Epistle1 Tim. 3:1-131 Tm 3:1-13Alt. Epistle1 Tim. 6:6-191 Tm 6:6-19
Old TestamentAmos 6:1-7Am 6:1-7
PsalterPs. 146Ps 146

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 CommentaryAm 6 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the indictment of complacent luxury verse by verse.

Amos 6 CommentaryAm 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Collects classic verse-by-verse commentary excerpts on the chapter.

Amos 6:1 CommentariesAm 6:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Lines up multiple historic commentaries side by side on the opening verse.

Amos 6 (Gill's Exposition)Am 6 (Gill's Exposition) StudyLight

Gives John Gill's full exposition of the woe oracle.

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

The one Lutheran-tradition voice on Amos's warning to the complacent wealthy.

Background & Word Study

Amos 6:1 InterlinearAm 6:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the underlying Hebrew word by word.

Book of Amos OverviewBook of Am Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of Amos's message of justice for the poor.

Amos 6:1-7Am 6:1-7 Sefaria

Reads the oracle in the original Hebrew alongside an English translation.

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