Amos 6
1Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria; they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves. 2O house of Israel, pass by all of you, and see; and pass by from there to Hamath; and from there descend to Gath of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, see if their coasts are greater than your coasts. 3You who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths; 4who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and calves out of the midst of the stalls; 5who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting pleasures; 6who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment, and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph. 7Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim. 8For the Lord has sworn by Himself, saying, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off his city with all who inhabit it. 9And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die. 10But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house; and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet anyone else with you? (6:11) And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that you name not the name of the Lord. 11(6:12) For, behold, the Lord commands, and He will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 12(6:13) Will horses run upon rocks? Will they refrain from neighing at mares? For you have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness. 13(6:14) You who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength? 14(6:15) For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, says the Lord of hosts, and they shall afflict you so that you shall not enter into Hamath, and as it were to the valley of the Arabah.
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