Amos 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!
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? 3 Ye that put far
away the
evil day, and cause the
seat of
violence to come
near;
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; 5 That
chant to the
sound of the
viol, and
invent to themselves
instruments of
musick, like
David; 6 That
drink wine in
bowls, and
anoint themselves with the
chief ointments: but they are not
grieved for the
affliction of
Joseph. 7 Therefore now shall they go
captive with the
first that go
captive, and the
banquet of them that
stretched themselves shall be
removed.
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. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there
remain ten men in
one house, that they shall
die.
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. 11 For, behold, the
LORD commandeth, and he will
smite the
great house with
breaches, and the
little house with
clefts. 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: 13 Ye which
rejoice in a
thing of
nought, which
say, Have we not
taken to us
horns by our own
strength? 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.