1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!

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James 5:5, James 5:5, Isaiah 32:9, Isaiah 32:11, Isaiah 32:9

2Go to Calneh, and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their border greater than your border?

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Nahum 3:8, Nahum 3:8, Genesis 10:10, 2 Kings 18:34, Genesis 10:10

3Those who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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Amos 9:10, Amos 9:10, Isaiah 56:12, Isaiah 56:12, Ezekiel 12:27

4Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;

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Ezekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:3, James 5:5, Amos 3:12, Ezekiel 34:2

5who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

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Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 5:12, Amos 5:23, Amos 5:23, Amos 8:3

6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

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Genesis 49:22, Genesis 49:22, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, John 12:3

7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.

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Amos 7:11, Amos 7:11, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:6, 1 Kings 20:16

8"The Lord God has sworn by himself," says the Lord, the God of Hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.

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Jeremiah 51:14, Amos 4:2, Jeremiah 51:14, Amos 4:2, Psalms 47:4

9It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

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Amos 5:3, Amos 5:3, Job 1:19, Psalms 109:13, Job 20:28

10"When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of the Lord.'

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1 Samuel 31:12, Amos 8:3, 1 Samuel 31:12, Amos 8:3, Amos 5:13

11"For, behold, the Lord commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

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Amos 3:15, Amos 3:15, Isaiah 55:11, Isaiah 55:11, 2 Kings 25:9

12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;

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Amos 5:7, Amos 5:7, Hosea 10:4, Hosea 10:4, Amos 5:11

13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

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Isaiah 28:14, Isaiah 28:15, Luke 12:19, Luke 12:20, Isaiah 28:14

14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel," says the Lord, the God of Hosts; "and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah."

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2 Kings 14:25, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Kings 14:25, 1 Kings 8:65, Jeremiah 5:15