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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!
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 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?
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.
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;
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.
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 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 sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
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.
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 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.
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.”
(If there are ten men left in one house, they will all die.
Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall 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.”
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 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.
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?
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,
“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.”
“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.”