Amos 6
1Woe
to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the
house of Israel came!
2Pass ye unto Calneh,
and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms?
or their border greater than your border?
3Ye
that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the
flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5That
chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but
they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7Therefore
now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith
the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with
all that is therein.
9And it shall come to
pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
10And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house,
and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he
say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little
house with clefts.
12Shall horses run upon
the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which
say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14But,
behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you
from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.