Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
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 those who
are
at ease in Zion ,
And to
those who
are
secure on 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
?
Go
to Calneh ,
and see; And
from there go
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 .
Those
who
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 .
Who
lie on beds of
ivory, And stretch
themselves
on 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 .
Who
strum
on the strings
of
a
harp ;
Who
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.
Who
drink wine in
bowls,
And anoint themselves
with the best
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 they
will now go captive
with
the first who
go
captive;
And the
feasting and lounging will end.
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 Yahweh
has sworn by himself, "
says
Yahweh,
the God of hosts: "
I abhor the
pride of
Jacob,
And detest his fortresses.
Therefore
I will deliver up the city with
all
that
is
in it.
And
if there are
ten men left
in one house, they too
will
die.
It
will
happen,
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
. ”
"
When a
man's
relative carries
him,
even
he
who burns
him,
to bring
bodies out
of
the house, and
asks
him
who
is
in
the
innermost
parts
of
the
house
, '
Is there
yet
any
with you? '
And
he
says
, 'No;'
then
he
will say
, 'Hush!
Indeed
we
must
not
mention
the name of Yahweh
. '
For the
LORD
gives
a
command:
“
The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small
house to
rubble
. ”
"
For ,
behold,
Yahweh
commands,
and
the great house will be smashed to pieces, And the little
house into
bits
.
“
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—
Do horses run
on the rocky
crags
? Does one plow there
with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison ,
And the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
you who rejoice in Lo-debar
and
say, ‘Did
we not
take
Karnaim
by our own strength? ’
You who rejoice in a
thing
of
nothing,
who
say, 'Haven't
we taken
for
ourselves
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
, house of Israel, "
Says
Yahweh
, the God of hosts ;
"
And they will afflict
you from the
entrance
of
Hamath to the brook of the Arabah. "
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