Amos 6

CHAPTER 6

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

^1aWoe to those who are at ease in Zion

And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,

The ^bdistinguished men of the first of the nations,

To whom the house of Israel comes.

²Pass on over to ^aCalneh and look,

And go from there to ^bHamath the great,

Then go down to ^cGath of the Philistines.

Are ¹they better than these kingdoms,

Or are their borders greater than your borders?

³Do you ^aput off the day of calamity,

And would you ^bcause the seat of violence to approach?

⁴Those who lay down on beds of ivory

And sprawl on their ^acouches

And ^beat lambs from the flock

And calves from the midst of the stall,

⁵Who improvise to the ¹sound of the harp,

And like David have ²composed ^asongs for themselves,

⁶Who ^adrink wine from ¹sacrificial bowls

While they anoint themselves with the first pick of the oils,

Yet they have not ^bgrieved over the destruction of Joseph.

⁷Therefore, they will now ^ago into exile among the first of the exiles,

And the ^bsprawlers’ ¹banqueting will turn aside.

⁸Lord Yahweh has ^asworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:

“I ^babhor the lofty pride of Jacob

And hate his ^ccitadels;

Therefore I will ^ddeliver up the city as well as its fullness.”

⁹And it will be, if ^aten men are left in one house, they will die.

¹⁰Then one’s ¹uncle, or the one who ^2aburns his bones, will lift him up to bring 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 ³answer, “^bKeep quiet. For ⁴the name of Yahweh is ^cnot to be mentioned.”

¹¹For behold, Yahweh is going to ^acommand and will strike the ^bgreat house to pieces and the small house to fragments.

¹²Do horses run on rocks?

Or does one plow ¹them with oxen?

Yet you have overturned ^ajustice into gall

And the fruit of righteousness into ²wormwood,

¹³You who are glad in ^1aLo-debar

²And say, “Have we not ^bby our own strength taken ³Karnaim for ourselves?”

¹⁴“For behold, ^aI am going to raise up a nation against you,

O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,

“And they will press down on you from ^1bLebo-hamath

To the ^cbrook of the Arabah.”