Amos 6

“Those at Ease in Zion”

11Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The 2distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes.2Go over to 3Calneh and look, And go from there to 4Hamath the great, Then go down to 5Gath of the Philistines. Are 6they better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours?3Do you 7put off the day of calamity, And would you 8bring near the seat of violence?

4Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their 9couches, And 10eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall,5Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have 11composed 12songs for themselves,6Who 13drink wine from 14sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not 15grieved over the ruin of Joseph.7Therefore, they will now 16go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the 17sprawlers’ 18banqueting will 19pass away.

8The Lord 20God has 21sworn by Himself, the Lord God of hosts has declared: “I 22loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And 23detest his 24citadels; Therefore I will 25deliver up the city and 26all it contains.” 9And it will be, if 27ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10Then one’s 28uncle, or his 2930undertaker, 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 31answer, “32Keep quiet. For 33the name of the Lord is 34not to be mentioned.” 11For behold, the Lord is going to 35command that the 36great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

12Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow 37them with oxen? Yet you have turned 38justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into 39wormwood,13You who rejoice in 4041Lodebar, 42And say, “Have we not 43by our own strength taken 44Karnaim for ourselves?”14“For behold, 45I 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 46entrance of Hamath To the 47brook of the Arabah.”