Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Ye persuade yourselves that "the evil day" foretold by the prophets is "far off," though they declare it near (Ezekiel 12:22, Ezekiel 12:27). Ye in your imagination put it far off, and therefore bring near violent oppression, suffering it to sit enthroned, as it were, among you (Psalms 94:20). The notion of judgment being far off has always been an incentive to the sinner's recklessness of living (Ecclesiastes 8:12-13; Matthew 24:48). Yet that very recklessness brings near the evil day which he puts far off. "Ye bring on fever by your intemperance, and yet would put it far off" [CALVIN].
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Isaiah 28:1
Ezekiel 12:22
Ezekiel 12:27
Amos 3:3-6
Amos 6:1
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