Amos:6

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* 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 ! * 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 ? * Woe to you who put far off the day of doom , Who cause the seat of violence to come near ; * Who lie on beds of ivory , Stretch out on your couches , Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall ; * Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments , 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 . * Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives , 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 ." * Then it shall come to pass , that if ten men remain in one house , they shall die . * And when a relative of the dead , with one who will burn the bodies , picks up the 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 ." * For behold , the LORD gives a command : He will break the great house into bits , And the little house into pieces . * 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 , * You who rejoice over Lo Debar , Who say , "Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves By our own strength ?" * "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 ."

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