[1] Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure in
the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to
whom the house of Israel come! [2] Pass you to Calneh, and see; and from
there go you 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? [3] -you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of
violence to come near; [4] who 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; [5] who sing idle songs to the sound of the violin;
who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; [6] who drink
wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not
grieved for the affliction of Joseph. [7] Therefore shall they now go
captive with the first who go captive; and the revelry of those who
stretched themselves shall pass away. [8] The Lord Yahweh has sworn by
himself, says Yahweh, 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] It shall happen, if there remain ten men in one house, that
they shall die. [10] When a man`s uncle shall take him up, even he who
burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall tell him who
is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he
shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold your peace; for we may not make
mention of the name of Yahweh. [11] For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the
great house shall be struck with breaches, and the little house with
clefts. [12] Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow [there] with oxen?
that you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into
wormwood; [13] you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Haven`t we
taken to us horns by our own strength? [14] For, behold, I will raise up
against you a nation, house of Israel, says Yahweh, the God of hosts; and
they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the
Arabah.
