Amos:6

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* Woe to them that are at ease in Zion and that are secure in the mountain of Samaria , the renowned of the first of the nations , to whom the house of Israel come . * Pass unto Calneh , and see ; and from thence go to Hamath the great ; and go down to Gath of the Philistines : are they better than these kingdoms ? or their border greater than your border ? * Ye that put far away the evil day , and cause the seat of violence to come near ; * that lie upon beds of ivory , and stretch themselves upon their couches , and eat the lambs out of the flock , and the calves from the midst of the stall ; * that chant to the sound of the lute , [and ] invent them instruments of music , like David ; * that drink wine in bowls , and anoint themselves with the chief ointments ; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph . * Therefore shall they now go captive , with the first that go captive , and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away . * The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself , saith Jehovah , the God of hosts , I abhor the pride of Jacob , and hate his palaces ; and I will deliver up the city with all that is therein . * And it shall come to pass , if there remain ten men in one house , that they shall die . * And a man 's uncle , and he that should burn him , shall take him up to bring out the bones from the house , and shall say unto him that is in the inner parts of the house , Is there yet [any ] with thee ? and he shall say , None . And he will say , Silence ! for we may not make mention of Jehovah 's name . * For behold , Jehovah commandeth , and he will smite the great house with breaches , and the little house with clefts . * Shall horses run upon the rock ? will [men ] plough [thereon ] with oxen ? For ye have turned judgment into gall , and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood , * -- ye that rejoice in a thing of nought , that say , Have we not taken to us power by our own strength ? * For behold , O house of Israel , saith Jehovah the God of hosts , I will raise up against you a nation ; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the torrent of the Arabah .

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