Charles Spurgeon Commentary Amos 6:1

"Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!" — Amos 6:1 (ASV)

It was a time of great sin, and also of great judgment, yet there were some in Zion who were quite at ease under all that was happening. No sense of sin grieved them, no thought of coming judgment alarmed them.

What did they care if the nation went to rack and ruin? What did it signify to them that God was angry with his people? They were atheists; or, at least, they acted as if they were. Whatever might happen, they would run the risk of it.

"Woe," says God, to all such people as these; and when the Lord says "Woe" to anyone, it is indeed woe, for he never speaks in this way without cause.