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Amos 6

14 aligned verses; 14 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Wo ` to ' those secure in Zion , And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations , And come to them have the house of Israel.
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 .
Pass ye over ` to ' Calneh and see , And go thence ` to ' Hamath the great , And go down ` to ' Gath of the Philistines , Are `they' better than these kingdoms? Greater ` is ' their border than your border ?
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 ?
Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence ,
You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence .
Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches , And are eating lambs from the flock , And calves from the midst of the stall ,
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 are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music;
You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments .
Who are drinking with bowls of wine , And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves' , And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils , but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones .
Therefore , you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end .
Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself , An affirmation of Jehovah , God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated , And I have delivered up the city and its fulness .
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 .
And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died .
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die .
And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who `is' in the sides of the house , ` Is there yet with thee ? ' And he said, ` None, ' then he said , `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah . '
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 .
For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house `with' breaches , And the little house `with' clefts .
For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces , and the small house to rubble .
Do horses run on a rock ? Doth one plough `it' with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood .
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
O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying , `Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns ? '
you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say , ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?
Surely, lo , I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah , God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath , Unto the stream of the desert .
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 .

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