Amos 6:6

6:6 They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, ¹ 

and pour the very best oils on themselves. ² 

Yet they are not concerned over ³  the ruin ⁴  of Joseph.

Amos 4:7

4:7 “I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. ⁵ 

I gave rain to one city, but not to another.

One field ⁶  would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up.

[6:6]  ¹ sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls).

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “with the best of oils they anoint [themselves].”

[6:6]  ³ tn Or “not sickened by.”

[6:6]  ⁴ sn The ruin of Joseph may refer to the societal disintegration in Israel, or to the effects of the impending judgment.

[4:7]  ⁵ sn Rain…three months before the harvest refers to the rains of late March-early April.

[4:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “portion”; KJV, ASV “piece”; NASB “part.” The same word occurs a second time later in this verse.