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1 Woe to you who have been wealthy in Zion, and to you who have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: aristocrats, heads of the people, who advance with a retinue into the house of Israel. “Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! Woe 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!
2 Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there into Hamath the great, and descend into Gath of the Philistines, and to the best kingdoms of these, if their limits are wider than your limits. Pass 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, Go 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?
3 You have been set aside for the day of disaster, and you approach the throne of iniquity. O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence? You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.
4 You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd. “Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall, You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.
5 You sing to the sound of stringed instruments; they consider themselves to have the musical abilities of David. who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music, You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.
6 You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph. who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
7 Because of this, now they will depart at the head of those who go into captivity; and the faction of the lustful will be removed. Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.” Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
8 The Lord God has sworn by his own soul, the Lord God of hosts says: I detest the arrogance of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will hand over the city with its inhabitants. The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.” The 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.”
9 For if there were ten men remaining in one house, even they will die. And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. If ten people are left in one house, they too will die.
10 And his closest relative will steal him away and will burn him, so that he may carry the bones out of the house. And he will say to him that is in the inner most rooms of the house, “Now is there any left that still belongs to you?” <V 6:11>And he will answer, “It is finished.” And he will say to him, “Be silent and do not call to mind the name of the Lord.” And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD.” And 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.”
11 <V 6:12>For behold, the Lord has commanded, and he will strike the greater house with catastrophes, and the lesser house with divisions. For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits. For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.
12 <V 6:13>Can horses gallop across rocks, or is anyone able to plough with gazelles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness and the fruit of justice into wormwood. Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— Do 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—
13 <V 6:14>You rejoice in emptiness. You say, “Have we not, by our own strength, taken horns for ourselves?” you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?” you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?”
14 <V 6:15>For behold, house of Israel, I will raise up a people over you, says the Lord God of hosts, and they will crush you from the entrance of Hamath all the way to the burning of the desert. “For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of hosts; “and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.” For 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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