And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Amos 6:9 belongs to a prophecy directed to the northern kingdom, proclaimed at Bethel and Samaria against idolatry and depravity. In that warning, luxury and drunkenness brought about Israel's downfall. Israel's fate in turn stood as a warning to Judah not to repeat its errors.
The prophecy of Amos 6, including this verse, refers to the present time. The ten men who die are ease-loving professors in Zion who put the day of evil far away, chant to music, invent instruments, drink wine, anoint themselves, feel no grief over affliction, and rejoice in worthless things while boasting that by their own strength they have gained power. They are now seen in churches that count their spires by the thousands. They will perish with the proud towers of Babylon that are the special objects of God's vengeance in the day of His wrath, when buildings and builders perish together.
Amos 6:9 belongs to a prophecy directed to the northern kingdom, proclaimed at Bethel and Samaria against idolatry and depravity. In that warning, luxury and drunkenness brought about Israel's downfall. Israel's fate in turn stood as a warning to Judah not to repeat its errors.
The prophecy of Amos 6, including this verse, refers to the present time. The ten men who die are ease-loving professors in Zion who put the day of evil far away, chant to music, invent instruments, drink wine, anoint themselves, feel no grief over affliction, and rejoice in worthless things while boasting that by their own strength they have gained power. They are now seen in churches that count their spires by the thousands. They will perish with the proud towers of Babylon that are the special objects of God's vengeance in the day of His wrath, when buildings and builders perish together.