Woe to
them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the
mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the
nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
02 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence
go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath
of the Philistines: be they better than these
kingdoms? or their border greater than your
border?
03 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause
the seat of violence to come near;
04 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs
out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst
of the stall;
05 That chant to the sound of the viol, and
invent to themselves instruments of music, like
David;
06 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint
themselves with the chief ointments: but they are
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
07 Therefore now shall they go captive with the
first that go captive, and the banquet of them
that stretched themselves shall be removed.
08 The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the
Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of
Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I
deliver up the city with all that is therein.
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09 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten
men in one house, that they shall die.
10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he
that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of
the house, and shall say unto him that is by the
sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee?
and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy
tongue: for we may not make mention of the name
of the Lord.
11 For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will
smite the great house with breaches, and the
little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow
there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into
gall, and the fruit of righteousness into
hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which
say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own
strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a
nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God
of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the
entering in of Hemath unto the river of the
wilderness.
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