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AMOS ยท Chapter 6
6:1 Woe 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!
6:2 Pass all of you unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go all of
you 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?
6:3 All of you that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of
violence to come near;
6:4 That 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;
6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments
of music, like David;
6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief
ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive,
and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
6:8 The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, says the LORD the God of hosts,
I detest the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will
I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house,
that they shall die.
6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burns 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 you? and he shall say, No.
Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the
name of the LORD.
6:11 For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will strike the great house
with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen?
for all of you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness
into hemlock:
6:13 All of you which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have
we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of
Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from
the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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