Amos 6 NKJV NIV Parallel

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1Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!

1Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!

2Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?

2Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours?

3Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;

3You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.

4Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;

4You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.

5Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;

5You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.

6Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

6You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

7Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.

7Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.

8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, The LORD God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city And all that is in it.”

8The Sovereign LORD has sworn by himself--the LORD God Almighty declares: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it."

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

9If ten people are left in one house, they too will die.

10And when a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are there any more with you?” Then someone will say, “None.” And he will say, “Hold your tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the LORD.”

10And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them asks anyone who might be hiding there, "Is anyone else with you?" and he says, "No," then he will go on to say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the LORD."

11For behold, the LORD gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces.

11For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.

12Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness--

13You who rejoice over Lo Debar, Who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves By our own strength?”

13you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?"

14“But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” Says the LORD God of hosts; “And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the Valley of the Arabah.”

14For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah."

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