1 Woe to Those at Ease in Zion Woe to those who are at ease in ZionAnd to those whofeelsecure in the mountain of Samaria,The distinguished men of the first of the nations,To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Pass on over to Calneh and look,And go from there to Hamath the great,Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are 6:2Or you they better than these kingdoms,Or are their borders greater than your borders?
3 Do you put off the day of calamity,And would you cause the seat of violence to approach?
4 ¶Those who lay down on beds of ivoryAnd sprawl on their couchesAnd eat lambs from the flockAnd calves from the midst of the stall,
5 Who improvise to the 6:5 Lit mouth sound of the harp,Andlike David have 6:5 Or invented musical instruments composed songs for themselves,
6 Who drink wine from 6:6Lit sprinkling basins sacrificialbowlsWhile they anoint themselves with the firstpickof the oils,Yet they have not grieved over the destruction of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now go into exile among the first of the exiles,And the sprawlers’ 6:7 Or cultic feasts banqueting will turn aside.
8 ¶Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:“I abhor the lofty pride of JacobAnd hate his citadels;Therefore I will deliver upthecity as well as its fullness.”
9 And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.
10 Then one’s 6:10Or beloved one uncle, or the one who 6:10Lit burns him burns hisbones, will lift him up to bring outhisbones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will 6:10Lit say answer, “Keep quiet. For 6:10Lit not to make mention of the name of the name of Yahweh is not to be mentioned.”
11 For behold, Yahweh is going to command and will strike the great house to pieces and the small house to fragments.
12 ¶Do horses run on rocks?Or does one plow 6:12 Or the sea with oxen them with oxen?Yet you have overturned justice into gallAnd the fruit of righteousness into 6:12 Or bitterness wormwood,
13 You who are glad in 6:13Lit a thing of nothing Lo-debar 6:13Lit Who And say, “Have we not by ourownstrength taken 6:13Lit a pair of horns Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,“And they will press down on you from 6:14Or the entrance of Hamath Lebo-hamathTo the brook of the Arabah.”