Amos 6

¹Woe to those who are at ease in Zion , and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria , the notable men of the first of the nations , to whom the house of Israel comes !

²Pass over to Calneh , and see , and from there go to Hamath the great ; then go down to Gath of the Philistines . Are you better than these kingdoms ? Or is their territory greater than your territory ,

³O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence ?

⁴Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches , and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall ,

⁵who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music ,

⁶who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils , but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph !

⁷Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile , and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away .

⁸The Lord God has sworn by himself , declares the Lord, the God of hosts : I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds , and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.

⁹And if ten men remain in one house , they shall die .

¹⁰And when one’s relative , the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house , and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house , Is there still anyone with you? he shall say , No ; and he shall say , Silence ! We must not mention the name of the Lord.

¹¹For behold , the Lord commands , and the great house shall be struck down into fragments , and the little house into bits .

¹²Do horses run on rocks ? Does one plow there with oxen ? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —

¹³you who rejoice in Lo-debar , who say , Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?

¹⁴For behold , I will raise up against you a nation , O house of Israel , declares the Lord, the God of hosts ; and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah .