Amos — Chapter 6
These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 1
It is a foule & odious fault when rich men neglect the poore, but most detestable when the rich in Sion, welthie Clergie men haue not compassion on them that want either spiritual or temporal helpe.
Verse 8
Wheras Iacob by humilitie, patience, & manie other vertues, became great in Gods fauour: now his progenie by pride & delicacie become hatefull to God in respect of these sinnes, & are therfore afflicted, and miserably slaine and caried captiues.
Verse 13
To turne the workes of iudgement & iustice, into sinnes, which are bitter & vngrateful, is as contrarie to order, as it is contrarie to the course of nature, that horses should runne vpon craggie rocks, or wild bufles be brought to draw the plough.