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.

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