Amos 6:9-10
Summary for Amos 6:9-10: 6:9-10 a These verses graphically picture the wholesale slaughter by military conquest promised in 6:8 b.6:10 c to dispose of the dead: Or to burn the dead. Cremation was very uncommon in the ancient Near East (see study note on 2:1), so some interpret this phrase to mean burn a memorial fire (see Jer 34:5 d). Others take it to mean dispose of the remains, rather than perform a cremation. Yet the context—the need to dispose of multiple bodies to avoid putrefaction and disease (Amos 6:9 e; see 8:3 f)—supports the idea that it means cremation.
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