aWoe to those
who are at ease
in Zion
And to those who feel secure
in the mountain
of Samaria
, The bdistinguished
men of the foremost
of nations
, To whom
the house
of Israel
comes
.
Go 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
is their territory
greater
than
yours?
Do you aput off
the day
of calamity
, And would you bbring
near
the seat
of violence
?
Those who recline on beds
of ivory
And sprawl
on their acouches
, And beat
lambs
from the flock
And calves
from the midst
of the stall
,
Who improvise to the sound
of the harp
, And like David
have 1composed
asongs
for themselves,
Who adrink wine
from 1sacrificial
bowls
While they anoint
themselves with the finest
of oils
, Yet they have not bgrieved
over
the ruin
of Joseph
.
Therefore, they will now
ago
into exile
at the head
of the exiles
, And the bsprawlers'
1banqueting
will 2pass
away
.
The Lord 1GOD
has asworn
by Himself
, the LORD
God
of hosts
has declared
: "I bloathe
the arrogance
of Jacob
, And 2detest
his ccitadels
; Therefore I will ddeliver
up the city
and 3all
it contains
."
And it will be, if aten
men
are left
in one
house
, they will die
.
Then one's 1uncle, or his 2 aundertaker
, will lift
him up to carry
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 the LORD
is cnot to be mentioned
."
For behold, the LORD
is going to acommand
that the bgreat
house
be smashed
to pieces
and the small
house
to fragments
.
Do horses run
on rocks
? Or
does one plow
1them with oxen
? Yet
you have turned
ajustice
into poison
And the fruit
of righteousness
into 2wormwood
,
You who rejoice in 1 aLodebar
, 2And say
, "Have we not bby our own strength
taken
3Karnaim
for ourselves?"
"For behold, aI am going to raise
up a nation
against
you, O house
of Israel
," declares
the LORD
God
of hosts
, "And they will afflict
you from the bentrance
of Hamath
To the bbrook
of the Arabah
."