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Amos 6:1 Amos included the Judeans in his warning (see 2:4–5). Both Zion (Jerusalem, the capital of Judah) and Samaria (the capital of Israel) were strong fortresses, easily defended. But God’s people should never be confident in their own power.
Amos 6:2 Stronger cities than either Jerusalem or Samaria had already fallen. Among these were Calneh, in south-central Mesopotamia (see Gen. 10:10); Hamath, in Syria to the north of Israel; and Gath, a Philistine city southwest of Israel.
Amos 6:4–7 Instead of grieving over their sins, the wealthy Israelites were treating themselves to the very best of life’s pleasures. It was these people whom the Assyrians would take first into exile (v. 7).
Amos 6:6 Wine in bowls and finest oils are further indications that all restraint was gone. The wealthy cared extravagantly for their own bodies but cared nothing for the needs of others. The two main tribes in Israel were Ephraim and Manasseh, descended from Joseph.
Amos 6:8 sworn by himself. See Heb. 6:13.
Amos 6:12 Perverting justice and righteousness is as unnatural as horses choosing to run on rocks or a farmer planting crops on a rock pile.
Amos 6:13 Lo-debar and Karnaim were two cities on the east side of the Jordan. Both cities were in areas that were in constant dispute with Syria. It is likely that Israel had succeeded in recapturing them from Syria, and that this was a cause for Israelite self-confidence.
Amos 6:14 Amos says the little victories of v. 13 will be nothing compared to the destruction that is to come. Lebo-hamath was in the far north, in the valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. The Brook of the Arabah is in the valley in the far south between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The Assyrian conquest would cover the whole land, not just a few isolated cities.
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