Amos 6:10 meaning and explanation
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
Amos 6:10, Berean Standard Bible
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Amos has just declared that the proud houses of Israel will be smashed and that even ten men hidden in one house will die. Here a relative comes to burn the bodies, a practice used when plague or siege made burial impossible.
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