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Warnings to Zion and Samaria
Woe to you who are at ease in Zion,
And trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
Woe to you who are at ease in Zion,
And trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
Woe to the Complacent
Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,
and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!
Woe to you who are complacent in Zion,
and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria,
you notable men of the foremost nation,
to whom the people of Israel come!
Go over to Calneh and see;
And from there go to Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
And from there go to Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
Go to Kalneh and look at it;
go from there to great Hamath,
and then go down to Gath in Philistia.
Are they better off than your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
go from there to great Hamath,
and then go down to Gath in Philistia.
Are they better off than your two kingdoms?
Is their land larger than yours?
Woe to you who put far off the day of doom,
Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.
and bring near a reign of terror.
Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
You lie on beds adorned with ivory
and lounge on your couches.
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.
and lounge on your couches.
You dine on choice lambs
and fattened calves.
Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
You strum away on your harps like David
and improvise on musical instruments.
and improvise on musical instruments.
Who drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
You drink wine by the bowlful
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
and use the finest lotions,
but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;
your feasting and lounging will end.
your feasting and lounging will end.
The Lord God has sworn by Himself,
The Lord God of hosts says:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver up the city
And all that is in it.”
The Lord God of hosts says:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver up the city
And all that is in it.”
The Lord Abhors the Pride of Israel
The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself — the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob
and detest his fortresses;
I will deliver up the city
and everything in it.”
The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself — the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob
and detest his fortresses;
I will deliver up the city
and everything in it.”
Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.
If ten people are left in one house, they too will die.
And when [a]a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the [b]bodies 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, “Hold your tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the Lord.”
Then someone will say, “None.”
And he will say, “Hold your tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the Lord.”
For behold, the Lord gives a command:
He will break the great house into bits,
And the little house into pieces.
He will break the great house into bits,
And the little house into pieces.
For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash the great house into pieces
and the small house into bits.
and he will smash the great house into pieces
and the small house into bits.
Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
“But, behold, I will raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,”
Says the Lord God of hosts;
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the Valley of the Arabah.”
O house of Israel,”
Says the Lord God of hosts;
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the Valley of the Arabah.”
For the Lord God Almighty declares,
“I will stir up a nation against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.”
“I will stir up a nation against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.”