Amos 6

^aWoe to them that are ^bat ease in Zion,

And trust in ^athe mountain of Samaria,

Which are ^cnamed ^dchief of the nations,

To whom the house of Israel came!

^2ePass ye unto ^fgCalneh, and see;

And from thence go ye to ^ghHamath the great:

Then go down to ⁱGath of the Philistines:

^kBe they better than these kingdoms?

Or their border greater than your border?

^3lYe that put far away the evil day,

And cause the ^mseat of ⁿviolence to come near;

⁴ⁿⁿThat lie upon ^obeds of ivory,

And ^pstretch themselves ⁿⁿupon their couches,

And eat the lambs out of the flock,

And the calves out of the midst of ^qthe stall;

^5rThat chant to the sound of the viol,

And invent to themselves instruments of musick, ^slike David;

⁶That drink wine in ^ssbowls,

And ^tanoint themselves with the ^dchief ointments:

But ^uthey are not grieved for the ^vaffliction of Joseph.

⁷Therefore now ^vvshall they go captive with the first that go captive,

And ^wthe banquet of them that ^pstretched themselves shall be removed.

^8xaThe Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord ^ythe God of hosts,

I abhor ^zathe excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces:

Therefore will I ^bdeliver up the city with all that is therein.

⁹And it shall come to pass, ^bbif there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

¹⁰And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that ^cburneth him,

To bring out the bones out of the house,

And shall say unto him that is ^dby the sides of the house,

Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No.

Then shall he say, ^efHold thy tongue:

^eFor we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

¹¹For behold, the Lord commandeth,

And ^ghe will smite the great house with breaches,

And the little house with ^hclefts.

¹²Shall horses run upon the rock?

Will one plow there with oxen?

For ⁱye have turned ^kjudgment into gall,

And the fruit of ⁱrighteousness into hemlock:

^13lYe which rejoice in a thing of nought,

Which say, Have we not taken to us ^mhorns by our own strength?

¹⁴But behold, ⁿI will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord ^ythe God of hosts;

And they shall afflict you ^opfrom the entering in of Hemath ^punto the river of ^qthe wilderness.

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