Amos 6
“Those At Ease In Zion”
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The distinguished men of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
And go from there to Hamath the great,
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
And would you bring near the seat of violence?
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,
And like David have composed songs for themselves,
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.
“I loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And detest his citadels;
Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains.”
9And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die.
10Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones 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 answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned.”
11For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”
O house of Israel,” declares the LORD God of hosts,
“And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath
To the brook of the Arabah.”