Amos:6

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* »Those who are at ease in Zion and are secure in the mountain of Samaria will have trouble . You are the notable men of the foremost nations to whom the house of Israel comes ! * »Travel to Calneh and observe . From there go to the great Hamath . Then go down to Gath of the Philistines . Are they better off than these kingdoms ? Is their territory greater than your territory ? * »You put far away the evil day and cause the place of violence to come near . * »You lie on beds of ivory , and stretch on couches . You eat the the best lambs out of the flock and the fattest calves out of the stall . * »You sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David you improvise on musical instruments . * »You drink wine in bowls , and anoint yourselves with the finest oils . But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph . * »Therefore you will be captured with the first that go captive . Your feasting and lounging will pass away .« * The Lord Jehovah has sworn by himself . Jehovah , the God of Hosts declares : »I abhor the pride of Jacob , and hate his palaces . Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it . * »It will happen ! If there remain ten men in one house , they will die . * »When a man 's uncle takes the body to be burned and brings the bones out of the house he will say to the innermost parts of the house : ‘Is there yet any one here ?’ And he will say , ‘No .’ Then he will say : ‘Hold your peace . We may not make mention of the name of Jehovah .’ * »For , behold , Jehovah commanded , and the great house will be struck to pieces and the little house to tiny bits . * »Do horses run upon the rock ? Will one plow there with cattle ? You have turned justice into gall , and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood ! * »You who rejoice in Lodebar , you say , ‘have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim ?’ * »For , behold , I will raise up against you a nation , O house of Israel ,« said Jehovah , the God of Hosts . »They will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah .«

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