Amos 6

1 Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.

2 Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?

3 You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

5 You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7 Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

8 The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

10 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.”

11 For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”

12 “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

14 For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”

1 ¶ Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!

2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

5 That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

8 ¶ The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.

1 Woe unto the proud of Zion, and to them that trust in mount Samaria, who boast themselves the chief of the Gentiles, and walk in the house of Israel!

2 Go to Calne, and look thence unto Hemath the great city, and go down to Gath of the Philistines, which were better kingdoms than these, and whose border was greater than your border.

3 Ye that respect yourselves far from the evil day, and seek always the reign of iniquity.

4 And ye sleep upon beds of ivory, and have abundance in your beds: ye eat the lambs of the flock, and the fatted calves.

5 And play upon the psaltery, and make up songs unto you, as David did,

6 And drink wine of the vials, and anoint yourselves with balm, and care not for the hurt of Joseph.

7 Now therefore they shall be foremost among them that are carried away captives; and the feasting of the stocks shall cease.

8 For the LORD LORD hath sworn by his soul, saith the LORD God of hosts, I am displeased with the pride of Jacob, and I am displeased with their palaces; and I will deliver up the city also, and all that is therein.

9 And though ten men remain in one house, yet they shall die,

10 That every man's cousin and his uncle may take him, and bear his bones out of the house, and say unto him that is in the chambers of the house: Is there any more of them? And he shall answer, They are all gone. And he shall say, Be satisfied: for they would not that the name of the LORD should be remembered.

11 For, behold, the LORD hath commanded that the great houses should be smitten, that they should be smitten with breaches; and the small houses, that they should be smitten with breaches.

12 Who can run with horses, or plough with oxen upon the rocks? For ye turn righteousness into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.

13 And take comfort in that which is nothing, saying, Are we not strong enough with our horns?

14 Therefore, behold, I will raise up a people against you of the house of Israel, saith the LORD God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the place that goeth to Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.