AM-6:1 Woe to them [that are] at ease in Zion, and trust in the

mountain of Samaria, [which are] named chief of the nations, to

whom the house of Israel came!

AM-6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to

Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: [be

they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than

your border?

AM-6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of

violence to come near;

AM-6:4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon

their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the

calves out of the midst of the stall;

AM-6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, [and] invent to

themselves instruments of music, like David;

AM-6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the

chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of

Joseph.

AM-6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that

go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves

shall be removed.

AM-6:8 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 will I deliver up the city with all that is

therein.

AM-6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one

house, that they shall die.

AM-6:10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth

him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto

him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any]

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.

AM-6:11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the

great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

AM-6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there]

with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit

of righteousness into hemlock:

AM-6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have

we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

AM-6:14 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 entering in of Hemath unto the river of the

wilderness. 1

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