Amos 6 NKJV NLT 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!

1What sorrow awaits you who lounge in luxury in Jerusalem, and you who feel secure in Samaria! You are famous and popular in Israel, and people go to you for help.

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?

2But go over to Calneh and see what happened there. Then go to the great city of Hamath and down to the Philistine city of Gath. You are no better than they were, and look at how they were destroyed.

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

3You push away every thought of coming disaster, but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.

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

4How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds and lounge on your couches, eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock and of choice calves fattened in the stall.

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

5You sing trivial songs to the sound of the harp and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.

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 perfume yourselves with fragrant lotions. You care nothing about the ruin of your nation.

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 the first to be led away as captives. Suddenly, all your parties 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 his own name, and this is what he, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says: “I despise the arrogance of Israel, and I hate their fortresses. I will give this city and everything in it to their enemies.”

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

9(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all 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 when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don’t even 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.

11When the LORD gives the command, homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.

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,

12Can horses gallop over boulders? Can oxen be used to plow them? But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

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

13And you brag about your conquest of Lo-debar. You boast, “Didn’t we 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.”

14“O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,” says the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies. “They will oppress you throughout your land— from Lebo-hamath in the north to the Arabah Valley in the south.”

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