Amo 6:1 | TNotes | STEP | 6:1 Jerusalem ... Samaria: A message including Jerusalem is unexpected, but it shows that God plays no favorites; whoever rebels against God will experience sorrow . The Hebrew text uses the terms Zion ... Mount Samaria , indicating the citadels of the two cities. The people of both Judea and Israel were smug and self-important, believing that the fortresses of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria were impregnable (see also 4:3 ). Relying on physical power instead of on God is sin.

‏ Amos 6:1

6:1 ^a Jerusalem ... Samaria: A message including Jerusalem is unexpected, but it shows that God plays no favorites; whoever rebels against God will experience sorrow. The Hebrew text uses the terms Zion ... Mount Samaria, indicating the citadels of the two cities. The people of both Judea and Israel were smug and self-important, believing that the fortresses of the cities of Jerusalem and Samaria were impregnable (see also 4:3 ^b). Relying on physical power instead of on God is sin.