Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Malheur à ceux qui vivent tranquilles dans Sion, Et en sécurité sur la montagne de Samarie, A ces grands de la première des nations, Auprès desquels va la maison d'Israël!...
KJV
Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Theodulf of Orleans
The Book on the Order of Baptism to Magnus of Sens
ountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!" Amos 6:1. Clement Prudentius, the eloquent and Christian poet, also used the term "pomp" in this sense in his book Psychomachia where he says: "Pomp, the showy splendor of empty v…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
idance, can belong to others; and in this way others may be called heads of the Church, according to Amos 6:1, "Ye great men, heads of the people"; differently, however, from Christ. First, inasmuch as Christ is the Head of all who pertain to the Church in every place and time an…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 99 (Migne)
entes in phialis vinum, et optimo unguento delibuti, et nihil patiebantur super contritionem Joseph (Amos VI, 1-6) . XV. Pompae diaboli faciunt hominem lascivum et vanum, per quae efficitur a bono mutabilis, mali tenax, in verbo gravis, in animo turpis, ubique fallax, laetus ad…
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