Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James 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 trust
in
the
mountain
of
Samaria, which
are
named
chief
of the nations
, to whom the house of Israel came!
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 :
be
they
better than these kingdoms? or
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
chant
to
the sound
of
the
viol,
and invent to
themselves
instruments of
musick,
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
ointments:
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 now shall
they
go captive
with
the first that
go
captive
, and the
banquet
of
them
that
stretched
themselves
shall
be
removed
.
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 GOD hath
sworn by himself ,
saith
the LORD 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 a
man's
uncle
shall
take
him
up ,
and
he
that
burneth
him,
to bring
out
the bones
out
of
the
house, and
shall
say
unto
him
that
is
by
the
sides
of
the
house
, Is there
yet
any
with thee
? and
he
shall
say
, No
. Then
shall
he
say
, Hold
thy
tongue:
for we
may
not
make
mention
of
the name of the LORD.
For the LORD gives
a
command:
“
The great house will
be
smashed
to
pieces
, and the small
house to
rubble
. ”
For ,
behold,
the LORD commandeth,
and
he
will
smite
the great house 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? for
ye
have turned judgment
into gall,
and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
you
who
rejoice in Lo-debar
and
say, ‘Did
we not take
Karnaim
by our own strength? ’
Ye
which
rejoice in a
thing
of
nought,
which
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
. ”
But,
behold, I will raise up against you a
nation
, O house of Israel, saith
the LORD the God of hosts ;
and they shall
afflict
you from the entering
in
of Hemath
unto
the river
of
the
wilderness
.
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