Amos 6New King James Version
Warnings to Zion and Samaria
6 Woe(A)to youwho areat(B)ease in Zion,
And(C)trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the(D)chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
2 (E)Go over to(F)Calneh and see;
And from there go to(G)Hamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
(H)Are youbetter than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
3 Woe toyou who(I)put far off the day of(J)doom,
(K)Who cause(L)the seat of violence to come near;
4 Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
5 (M)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
Andinvent for yourselves(N)musical instruments(O)like David;
6 Who(P)drink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
(Q)But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore they shall now go(R)captive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
8 (S)The LordGodhas sworn by Himself,
TheLordGod of hosts says:
“I abhor(T)the pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver upthecity
And all that is in it.”
9 Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.10 And when[a]a relativeof the dead,with one who will burnthe bodies,picks up the[b]bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are thereany more with you?”
Then someone will say, “None.”
And he will say,(U)“Hold your tongue!(V)For we dare not mention the name of theLord.”
11 For behold,(W)theLordgives a command:
(X)He will break the great house into bits,
And the little house into pieces.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Doesoneplowtherewith oxen?
Yet(Y)you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
13 You who rejoice over[c]Lo Debar,
Who say, “Have we not taken[d]Karnaim for ourselves
By our own strength?”
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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