ABSTRACT
Amos 6 is the second of the 'woe' oracles, the first of which spanned 5:18-27. Again, the theme is overconfidence and self-righteousness. Accusations of the subversion of religion in 6:4-7 is clear, but the one word that has elicited the most commentary in this regard is the mirza of the sprawlers that will be removed. Although Hammershaimb prefers reading it in Amos 6:7 simply as 'clamour', he has little support from other scholars. The destruction of the ten souls within the house seems to be the final chapter in the decimation of the city of one thousand warriors and that of one hundred in 5:3, but it is a theme that is continued into v. 11. Amos 6 ends a major part of the book of Amos with an accent on extremities. Only one mourner is left in the innermost part of the house. Rejoicing in nothing and in silence brings its inevitable reward.
