Jubilee2000 - Amos - 6

6:1  Woe unto those [that are] at ease in Zion and to those that trust in the mountain of Samaria, [who are] named principals among the same nations which shall come upon them, O house of Israel!

6:2  Pass unto Calneh and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Palestinians. [Are they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border?

6:3  Ye that put far away the evil day and cause the seat of violence to come near;

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;

6:5  that chant to the sound of the flute [and] invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;

6:6  that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

6:7  Therefore now they shall go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of those that stretched themselves [upon their couches] shall be removed.

6:8  The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, the LORD God of the hosts said, I abhor the grandeur of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore I will give the city with all that is therein over to the enemy.

6:9  And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

6:10  And their uncle shall take each one and burn them 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 he shall say, Hold thy tongue, for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.

6:11  For, behold, the LORD shall command, and he will smite the great house with breaches and the little house with clefts.

6:12  Shall horses run upon the rocks? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? why have ye turned judgment into hemlock, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood?

6:13  Ye who rejoice in a thing of nought, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

6:14  But, behold, I will raise up against you Gentiles, O house of Israel, said the LORD God of the hosts, and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.: