Adam Clarke Commentary - Amos 6:13

Adam Clarke Commentary - Amos 6:13 - 6:13

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Amos 6:13 - 6:13

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6:1 - 6:1
6:2 - 6:2
6:3 - 6:3
6:4 - 6:4
6:5 - 6:5
6:6 - 6:6
6:7 - 6:7
6:8 - 6:8
6:9 - 6:9
6:10 - 6:10
6:11 - 6:11
6:12 - 6:12
6:13 - 6:13
6:14 - 6:14

Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught - In your idols: for an idol is nothing in the world.

Have we not taken to us horns - We have arrived to power and dignity by our strength. Horns were the symbols of power and authority. So Horace: -

Vina parant animos: tum pauper cornua sumet.

“Wine repairs our strength, and furnishes the poor with horns.”

At such times they think themselves as great as the greatest.