Warnings to Zion and Samaria
1 Woeto youwhoareatease in Zion,
# Andtrust in Mount Samaria,
# Notable persons in thechief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!
2 Go over toCalneh and see;
# And from there go toHamath the great;
Then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
# Areyoubetter than these kingdoms?
Or is their territory greater than your territory?
3 Woetoyou whoput far off the day ofdoom,
# Who causethe seat of violence to come near;
4 Who lie on beds of ivory,
Stretch out on your couches,
Eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall;
5 Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments,
# Andinvent for yourselvesmusical instrumentslike David;
6 Whodrink wine from bowls,
And anoint yourselves with the best ointments,
# But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Therefore they shall now gocaptive as the first of the captives,
And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
8 The LordGodhas sworn by Himself,
TheLordGod of hosts says:
# “I abhorthe pride of Jacob,
And hate his palaces;
Therefore I will deliver upthecity
And all that is in it.”
9 Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.
10 And when a relativeofthedead,with one who will burnthebodies,picks up the bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Arethereany more with you?”
Then someone will say, “None.”
# And he will say,“Hold your tongue!For we dare not mention the name of theLord.”
11 For behold,theLordgives a command:
# He will break the great house into bits,
And the little house into pieces.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Doesoneplowtherewith oxen?
# Yetyou have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
13 You who rejoice over Lo Debar,
Who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves
By our own strength?”
14 “But, behold,I will raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel,”
Says theLordGod of hosts;
# “And they will afflict you from theentrance of Hamath
To the Valley of the Arabah.”