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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!
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 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?
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.
You put off the day of disaster
and bring near a reign of terror.
and bring near a reign of terror.
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.
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.
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.
You strum away on your harps like David
and improvise on musical instruments.
and improvise on musical instruments.
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, you will be the first to be led away as captives.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
Suddenly, all your parties will end.
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 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.”
(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
If ten people are left in one house, they too will die.
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 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.
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.
“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 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.”