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1 Woe [to] those secure in Zion, || And those confident on the mountain of Samaria, || The marked of the chief of the nations, || And the house of Israel has come to them. “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 Pass over [to] Calneh and see, || And go there [to] Hamath the great, || And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, || Are [they] better than these kingdoms? [Is] their border greater than your border? 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 Who are putting away the day of evil, || And you bring the seat of violence near, 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 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, || And are spread out on their couches, || And are eating lambs from the flock, || And calves from the midst of the stall, “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 Who are taking part according to the stringed instrument, || Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; 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 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, || And anoint themselves [with] chief perfumes, || And have not been pained for the breach 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 Therefore they now go at the head of the captives, || And the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones is turned aside. 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 Lord YHWH has sworn by Himself, || A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts: “I am abominating the excellence of Jacob, || And his high places I have hated, || And I have delivered up the city and its fullness.” 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 And if there are left ten persons in one house, || It has come to pass—that they have died. 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 loved one has lifted him up, even his burner, || To bring forth the bones from the house, || And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, || “Is there [any] yet with you?” And he said, “None,” || Then he said, “Hush! We must not make mention of the Name of YHWH.” 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 For behold, YHWH is commanding, || And He has struck the great house [with] breaches, || And the little house [with] clefts. 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 Do horses run on a rock? Does one plow [it] with oxen? For you have turned judgment to gall, || And the fruit of righteousness to 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 O you who are rejoicing at nothing, || Who are saying, “Have we not taken to ourselves horns by our strength?” 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 “Surely, behold, I am raising a nation against you, O house of Israel,” || A declaration of YHWH, God of Hosts, || “And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, || To the stream 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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