Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
Woe to those
at ease in Zion and those
secure on
Mount
Samaria, the distinguished
ones
of the foremost
nation
, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Woe to them
that
are
at ease in Zion ,
and to
them
that
are
secure in
the
mountain
of
Samaria, the notable
men
of the chief
of
the
nations
, to whom the house of Israel come!
Cross
over
to
Calneh and see; go
from there
to the great Hamath
; then go down to Gath of the Philistines .
Are you
better than these kingdoms? Is their territory
larger
than yours
?
Pass
ye
unto
Calneh ,
and see; and
from thence
go
ye
to Hamath
the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines :
are they
better than these kingdoms? or
is their border
greater
than your
border
?
You
dismiss
the day of
calamity
and bring
near
a
reign
of violence .
-ye
that
put
far
away
the evil
day ,
and cause
the
seat
of violence to
come
near;
You
lie on
beds inlaid
with
ivory, and lounge
upon your
couches .
You
dine
on
lambs from
the flock and calves from
the stall .
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 ;
You
improvise
songs on
the harp
like
David
and
invent your
own
musical
instruments .
that
sing
idle
songs to
the sound
of
the
viol;
that
invent for
themselves
instruments of
music,
like
David;
You
drink wine by
the
bowlful
and anoint yourselves
with the finest
oils ,
but you
fail
to
grieve
over
the ruin
of Joseph.
that
drink wine in
bowls,
and anoint themselves
with the chief
oils ;
but they
are
not
grieved
for
the affliction
of Joseph.
Therefore ,
you
will
now go into
exile
as
the first of
the
captives,
and
your
feasting
and lounging
will
come
to
an
end
.
Therefore shall
they
now go captive
with
the first that
go
captive;
and the
revelry
of
them
that
stretched
themselves
shall
pass
away
.
The Lord GOD
has
sworn by Himself —the
LORD
, the God of Hosts ,
has
declared
: “
I abhor Jacob’s
pride
and detest
his citadels,
so
I
will deliver up the city and
everything
in
it
. ”
The Lord Jehovah
hath
sworn by himself, saith
Jehovah,
the God of hosts: I abhor the
excellency
of
Jacob,
and hate
his palaces;
therefore
will I
deliver up the city with
all
that
is
therein
.
And if there are
ten men left
in one house, they too
will
die.
And it
shall
come
to
pass,
if there remain
ten men in one house, that
they shall
die.
And when the
relative
who
is
to
burn
the
bodies
picks
them
up to remove
them
from
the house, he
will
call
to
one
inside
, “
Is anyone
else
with you
? ”
“None,”
that
person
will
answer.
“Silence
, ”
the
relative
will
retort
, “
for the name of the
LORD
must
not
be
invoked
. ”
And when a
man's
uncle
shall
take
him
up ,
even
he
that
burneth
him,
to bring
out
the bones
out
of
the
house, and
shall
say
unto
him
that
is
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
house
, Is there
yet
any
with thee
? and
he
shall
say
, No;
then
shall
he
say
, Hold
thy
peace;
for we
may
not
make
mention
of
the name of Jehovah
.
For the
LORD
gives
a
command:
“
The great house will
be smashed
to
pieces
, and the small
house to
rubble
. ”
For ,
behold,
Jehovah
commandeth,
and
the great house shall
be smitten
with
breaches
, and the little
house with
clefts
.
“Do
horses gallop
on
the cliffs
? Does
one plow the
sea
with oxen? But
you
have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —
Shall
horses run
upon
the rock
? will
one plow `there'
with oxen? that
ye
have turned justice into gall,
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood ;
you
who
rejoice in Lo-debar
and
say, ‘Did
we not take
Karnaim
by our own strength? ’
ye
that
rejoice in a
thing
of
nought,
that
say, Have
we not taken
to
us
horns
by our own strength?
For behold, I will raise up a
nation
against you, O house of Israel, ”
declares
the
LORD
, the God of Hosts ,
“
and they will
oppress
you from Lebo-
hamath to
the Brook of the Arabah. ”
For ,
behold, I will raise up against you a
nation
, O house of Israel, saith
Jehovah
, the God of hosts ;
and they shall
afflict
you from the
entrance
of
Hamath unto
the brook of the Arabah.
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