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“Those at Ease in Zion”
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
But go over to Calneh
and see what happened there.
Then go to the great city of Hamath
and down to the Philistine city of Gath.
You are no better than they were,
and look at how they were destroyed.
and see what happened there.
Then go to the great city of Hamath
and down to the Philistine city of Gath.
You are no better than they were,
and look at how they were destroyed.
Go over to Calneh and look,
And go from there to Hamath the great,
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
And go from there to Hamath the great,
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
You push away every thought of coming disaster,
but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
but your actions only bring the day of judgment closer.
Do you put off the day of calamity,
And would you bring near the seat of violence?
And would you bring near the seat of violence?
How terrible for you who sprawl on ivory beds
and lounge on your couches,
eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock
and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
and lounge on your couches,
eating the meat of tender lambs from the flock
and of choice calves fattened in the stall.
Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
You sing trivial songs to the sound of the harp
and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.
and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.
Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,
Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared:
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”
(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.
Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, 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 answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned.”
When the LORD gives the command,
homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.
homes both great and small will be smashed to pieces.
For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Can horses gallop over boulders?
Can oxen be used to plow them?
But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison
and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
Can oxen be used to plow them?
But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison
and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
You who rejoice in Lodebar,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”
“O people of Israel, I am about to bring an enemy nation against you,”
says the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land —
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”
says the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies.
“They will oppress you throughout your land —
from Lebo-hamath in the north
to the Arabah Valley in the south.”
“For behold, I 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 entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”
O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”