Amos 6

¹Woe to you who have been wealthy in Zion, and to you who have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: aristocrats, heads of the people, who advance with a retinue into the house of Israel.

²Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there into Hamath the great, and descend into Gath of the Philistines, and to the best kingdoms of these, if their limits are wider than your limits.

³You have been set aside for the day of disaster, and you approach the throne of iniquity.

⁴You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd.

⁵You sing to the sound of stringed instruments; they consider themselves to have the musical abilities of David.

⁶You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph.

⁷Because of this, now they will depart at the head of those who go into captivity; and the faction of the lustful will be removed.

⁸The Lord God has sworn by his own soul, the Lord God of hosts says: I detest the arrogance of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will hand over the city with its inhabitants.

⁹For if there were ten men remaining in one house, even they will die.

¹⁰And his closest relative will steal him away and will burn him, so that he may carry the bones out of the house. And he will say to him that is in the inner most rooms of the house, “Now is there any left that still belongs to you?”

¹¹And he will answer, “It is finished.” And he will say to him, “Be silent and do not call to mind the name of the Lord.”

¹²For behold, the Lord has commanded, and he will strike the greater house with catastrophes, and the lesser house with divisions.

¹³Can horses gallop across rocks, or is anyone able to plough with gazelles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

¹⁴You rejoice in emptiness. You say, “Have we not, by our own strength, taken horns for ourselves?”

¹⁵For behold, house of Israel, I will raise up a people over you, says the Lord God of hosts, and they will crush you from the entrance of Hamath all the way to the burning of the desert.

Amos 6

¹Woe to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel.

²Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.

³You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;

⁴You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd;

⁵You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;

⁶That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.

⁷Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.

⁸The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.

⁹And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.

¹⁰And a man's kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?

¹¹And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.

¹²For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

¹³Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

¹⁴You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

¹⁵But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.