Amos 6

Warnings to Zion and Samaria

6Woe ^ato you who are at ^bease in Zion,

And ^ctrust in Mount Samaria,

Notable persons in the ^dchief nation,

To whom the house of Israel comes!

^2eGo over to ^fCalneh and see;

And from there go to ^gHamath the great;

Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

^hAre you better than these kingdoms?

Or is their territory greater than your territory?

³Woe to you who ⁱput far off the day of ^jdoom,

^kWho cause ^lthe seat of violence to come near;

⁴Who lie on beds of ivory,

Stretch out on your couches,

Eat lambs from the flock

And calves from the midst of the stall;

^5mWho sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,

And invent for yourselves ⁿmusical instruments ^olike David;

⁶Who ^pdrink wine from bowls,

And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,

^qBut are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

⁷Therefore they shall now go ^rcaptive as the first of the captives,

And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.

^8sThe Lord God has sworn by Himself,

The Lord God of hosts says:

“I abhor ^tthe pride of Jacob,

And hate his palaces;

Therefore I will deliver up the city

And all that is in it.”

⁹Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. ¹⁰And when ¹a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the ²bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are there any more with you?”

Then someone will say, “None.”

And he will say, ^u“Hold your tongue! ^vFor we dare not mention the name of the Lord.”

¹¹For behold, ^wthe Lord gives a command:

^xHe will break the great house into bits,

And the little house into pieces.

¹²Do horses run on rocks?

Does one plow there with oxen?

Yet ^yyou have turned justice into gall,

And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

¹³You who rejoice over ³Lo Debar,

Who say, “Have we not taken ⁴Karnaim for ourselves

By our own strength?”

¹⁴“But, behold, ^zI will raise up a nation against you,

O house of Israel,”

Says the Lord God of hosts;

“And they will afflict you from the ^aentrance of Hamath

To the Valley of the Arabah.”