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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, to those who rest on the mountain of Samaria— the famous men of the nations to whom the house of Israel came! |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Cross over to Calneh and look around, then go on to that great city of Hamath, and from there go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory more extensive than yours? |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Disbelieving that a day of evil will come, embracing opportunities to commit violence, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4lying on ivory beds, stretching out on your couches, eating lambs from the flock, and fattened calves from the stall, |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David, composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6drinking wine from bowls, anointing themselves with the choicest of oils, but not grieving on the occasion of Joseph's ruin— |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7therefore you will be the first to go into exile, and the celebrations of those who are lounging will end." |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"The Lord GOD has sworn by himself," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "I utterly detest the arrogance of Jacob; I hate his fortresses; and I will deliver up the city, along with everyone in it. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"And if there are ten men remaining in one house, they will die. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10One's relative will pick up the corpse to carry them from the house for burning, saying to whomever remains inside the house, 'Is there anyone still with you?' And he will say, 'No.' He will respond, 'Be quiet, because we do not mention the name "LORD".' |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11For indeed, the LORD is giving the command— and he will smash the large house to rubble and the small house into bits. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13You rejoice in nothing worth mentioning— that is, you keep on saying, 'We captured Karnaim by our own strength of will and by our own effort, didn't we?' |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"So look, house of Israel! I will raise up a nation against you," declares the LORD, the God of the Heavenly Armies, "and they will harass you from the entrance of Hamath to the wadi of the wilderness." |
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