Amos 6
1 Woe to them that set at nought Sion,
and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered
the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they
have gone in themselves. 2 O house of
Israel, pass by all of you, and see; and pass by
thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief
of all these kingdoms, see if their coasts are
greater than your coasts.
3 Ye who are approaching the evil day,
who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
4 who sleep upon beds of ivory, and
live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking
calves out of the midst of the stalls;
5 who excel in the sound of musical
instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting
pleasures;
6 who drink strained wine, and anoint
themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of
the calamity of Joseph. 7 Therefore
now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the
neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
8 For the Lord has sworn by himself,
saying, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do
also hate his countries, and I will cut off his city
with all who inhabit it.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there
be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
10 But a remnant shall be left
behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavour
to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of
the house, Is there yet any one else with thee? And
he shall say, No one else. And
the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not
the name of the Lord.
11 For, behold, the Lord commands,
and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with
rents.
12 Will horses run upon rocks? will
they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison,
and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
13 ye who rejoice at vanity, who say,
Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?
14 For behold, O house of Israel, I
will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall
afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were
from the river of the wilderness.