1Woe[H1945] to them that are at ease[H7600] in Zion[H6726], and trust[H982] in the mountain[H2022] of Samaria[H8111], which are named[H5344]chief[H7225] of the nations[H1471], to whom the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]came[H935]!
2Pass[H5674] ye unto Calneh[H3641], and see[H7200]; and from thence go[H3212] ye to Hamath[H2574] the great[H7227]: then go[H3212]down[H3381] to Gath[H1661] of the Philistines[H6430]: be they better[H2896] than these kingdoms?[H4467] or their border[H1366]greater[H7227] than your border?[H1366]
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Ye that put far away[H5077] the evil[H7451]day[H3117], and cause the seat[H7675] of violence[H2555] to come near[H5066];
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That lie[H7901] upon beds[H4296] of ivory[H8127], and stretch[H5628] themselves upon their couches[H6210], and eat[H398] the lambs[H3733] out of the flock[H6629], and the calves[H5695] out of the midst[H8432] of the stall[H4770];
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That chant[H6527] to the sound[H6310] of the viol[H5035], and invent[H2803] to themselves instruments[H3627] of musick[H7892], like David[H1732];
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That drink[H8354]wine[H3196] in bowls[H4219], and anoint[H4886] themselves with the chief[H7225]ointments[H8081]: but they are not grieved[H2470] for the affliction[H7667] of Joseph[H3130].
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Therefore now shall they go captive[H1540] with the first[H7218] that go captive[H1540], and the banquet[H4797] of them that stretched[H5628] themselves shall be removed[H5493].
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The Lord[H136]GOD[H3069] hath sworn[H7650] by himself[H5315], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] the God[H430] of hosts[H6635], I abhor[H8374] the excellency[H1347] of Jacob[H3290], and hate[H8130] his palaces[H759]: therefore will I deliver up[H5462] the city[H5892] with all that is therein[H4393].
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And it shall come to pass, if there remain[H3498]ten[H6235]men[H582] in one[H259]house[H1004], that they shall die[H4191].
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And a man's uncle[H1730] shall take him up[H5375], and he that burneth[H5635] him, to bring out[H3318] the bones[H6106]out[H3318] of the house[H1004], and shall say[H559] unto him that is by the sides[H3411] of the house[H1004], Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say[H559], No[H657]. Then shall he say[H559], Hold thy tongue[H2013]: for we may not make mention[H2142] of the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068].
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For, behold, the LORD[H3068]commandeth[H6680], and he will smite[H5221] the great[H1419]house[H1004] with breaches[H7447], and the little[H6996]house[H1004] with clefts[H1233].
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Shall horses[H5483]run[H7323] upon the rock?[H5553] will one plow[H2790] there with oxen?[H1241] for ye have turned[H2015]judgment[H4941] into gall[H7219], and the fruit[H6529] of righteousness[H6666] into hemlock[H3939]:
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Ye which rejoice[H8056] in a thing[H1697] of nought[H3808], which say[H559], Have we not taken[H3947] to us horns[H7161] by our own strength?[H2392]
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But, behold, I will raise up[H6965] against you a nation[H1471], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] the God[H430] of hosts[H6635]; and they shall afflict[H3905] you from the entering in[H935] of Hemath[H2574] unto the river[H5158] of the wilderness[H6160].