Amo 6 | NASB1995 | STEP | Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria , The distinguished men of the foremost of nations , To whom the house of Israel comes .

Amos 6

“Those at Ease in Zion”

1 ^aWoe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The ^bdistinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Go over to ^cCalneh and look,
And go from there to ^dHamath the great,
Then go down to ^eGath of the Philistines.
Are ^{▼▼ Or you}they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
3 Do you ^gput off the day of calamity,
And would you ^hbring near the seat of violence?

4 Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their ⁱcouches,
And ^jeat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
5 Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have ^{▼▼ Or invented musical instruments}composed ^lsongs for themselves,
6 Who ^mdrink wine from ^{▼▼ Lit sprinkling basins}sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not ^ogrieved over the ruin of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now ^pgo into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the ^qsprawlers’ ^{▼▼ Or cultic feasts}banqueting will ^{▼▼ Lit turn aside}pass away.

8 The Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God has ^usworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared:
“I ^vloathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And ^{▼▼ Lit hate}detest his ^xcitadels;
Therefore I will ^ydeliver up the city and ^{▼▼ Lit its fullness}all it contains.”

9 And it will be, if ^aaten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s ^{▼▼ Or beloved one}uncle, or his ^{▼▼ Lit one who burns him
,} ^adundertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will ^{▼▼ Lit say}answer, ^af“Keep quiet. For ^{▼▼ Lit not to make mention of the name of}the name of the Lord is ^ahnot to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, the Lord is going to ^aicommand that the ^ajgreat house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. 12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow ^{▼▼ Another reading is the sea with oxen}them with oxen?
Yet you have turned ^aljustice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into ^{▼▼ I.e. bitterness}wormwood,
13 You who rejoice in ^{▼▼ Lit a thing of nothing
,} ^aoLodebar,
^{▼▼ Lit Who}And say, “Have we not ^aqby our own strength taken ^{▼▼ Lit a pair of horns}Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, ^asI am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the ^atentrance of Hamath
To the ^aubrook of the Arabah.”