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When a man`s uncle shall take him up, even he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall tell him who is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold your peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Yahweh.
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A Picture of Total Ruin
Scholars explain this verse paints a horrifying picture of God's judgment. The plague is so severe that a close relative must burn the dead—a practice unusual for Hebrews—because there is no one else left. A once-thriving household is reduced to a single, sick survivor. This vivid scene is meant to shock the reader into understanding the totality of the devastation awaiting the unrepentant.
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 6:10
18th Century
Theologian
And a man’s uncle ... and he that burneth him - Literally, “and there shall take him up his uncle and his burner,” that is, his uncle who, a…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 6:9–10
19th Century
Bishop
Ten ... uncle.—In some large house, it might be that ten are left, but even these are devoured by the pestilence …
John Calvin
On Amos 6:10
16th Century
Theologian
In the beginning of the verse, the Prophet expresses more clearly what he had just said—that the pestilence would be so severe as to consume the wh…
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John Gill
On Amos 6:10
17th Century
Pastor
And a man's uncle shall take him up
That is, his father's brother, as Kimchi; or his near kinsman, as the Targum; to…
Matthew Henry
On Amos 6:8–14
17th Century
Minister
How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter…