Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border? Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; Who lie on beds of […]
⛓ Read Amos 6 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Amos's woe on those 'at ease… who lie on beds of ivory and eat lambs from the flock' and 'are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph' is the prophetic template for James's denunciation of the luxurious rich who have 'lived delicately on the earth.' The coherence of theme and the day-of-slaughter motif are strong.
High confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The rich man 'clothed in purple and fine linen, feasting in luxury every day' matches Amos' woe on those who lie on ivory beds, eat lambs, and feast while not grieved over ruin, who go first into exile. The prophetic indictment of callous luxury gives recurrent, coherent background.
Medium confidence