Amos:6

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* Woe to them at ease in Zion , and trust in the mountain of Samaria , named chief of the nations , to whom the house of Israel came ! (note :)are at …: or , are secure (:note )chief : or , firstfruits * Pass ye to Calneh , and see ; and from there go ye to Hamath the great : then go down to Gath of the Philistines : 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 ; (note :)seat : or , habitation (:note ) * That lie upon beds of ivory , and stretch themselves upon their couches , and eat lambs from the flock , and calves from the midst of the stall ; (note :)stretch …: or , abound with superfluities (:note ) * That chant to the sound of the harp , invent to themselves instruments of music , like David ; (note :)chant : or , quaver (:note ) * That drink wine in bowls , and anoint themselves with the chief ointments : but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph . (note :)wine …: or , in bowls of wine (:note )affliction : Hebrews . breach * Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive , and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed . * The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself , saith the LORD the God of hosts , I abhor the excellency of Jacob , and hate his palaces : therefore I will deliver up the city with all its abundance . (note :)that …: Hebrews . the fulness thereof (:note ) * And it shall come to pass , if there remain ten men in one house , they shall die . * And a man ’s uncle shall take him up , and he that burneth him , to bring the bones out of the house , and shall say to him that inside of the house , yet with thee ? and he shall say , No . Then shall he say , Hold thy tongue : for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD . (note :)we …: or , they will not , or , have not (:note ) * For , behold , the LORD commandeth , and he will smite the great house with breaches , and the little house with clefts . (note :)breaches : or , droppings (:note ) * Shall horses run upon the rock ? will plow with oxen ? for ye have turned judgment into gall , and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock : * Ye who rejoice in a thing of nought , who say , Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength ? * But , behold , I will raise up against you a nation , O house of Israel , saith the LORD the God of hosts ; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the river of the wilderness . (note :)river : or , valley (:note )

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