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They drink wine from sacrificial bowls,[a]
and pour the very best oils on themselves.[b]
Yet they are not concerned over[c] the ruin[d] of Joseph.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:6 sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls).
  2. Amos 6:6 tn Heb “with the best of oils they anoint [themselves].”
  3. Amos 6:6 tn Or “not sickened by.”
  4. Amos 6:6 sn The ruin of Joseph may refer to the societal disintegration in Israel, or to the effects of the impending judgment.