- 1. 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!
- 2. 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?
- 3. Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
- 4. 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;
- 5. That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
- 6. That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
- 7. Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
- 8. 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.
- 9. And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
- 10. And a man
- 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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