Keraia
Minor Prophets

Amos 6

Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

1Woe 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.

1Woe to those at ease in Zion, and in Mount Samaria, leaders of the foremost of the nations; the house of Israel comes to them.

2Cross 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?

2Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there to Hamath the great, and go down to Gath of the Philistines—are you better than these kingdoms, or is their territory greater than your territory—

3You dismiss the day of calamity

and bring near a reign of violence.

3who are putting away the day of disaster, and who cause to come near the seat of violence,

4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,

and lounge upon your couches.

You dine on lambs from the flock

and calves from the stall.

4those laying down on beds of ivory and stretching out on their couches, and eating lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,

5You improvise songs on the harp like David

and invent your own musical instruments.

5those singing foolishly over the mouth of the harp, like David, devising for themselves all manner of song;

6You drink wine by the bowlful

and anoint yourselves with the finest oils,

but you fail to grieve

over the ruin of Joseph.

6those drinking from bowls of wine, and with the finest ointments they anoint themselves—and they are not grieved over the breach of Joseph!

7Therefore, you will now go into exile

as the first of the captives,

and your feasting and lounging

will come to an end.

7Therefore now they will be removed at the head of the captives, and will be turned aside the feasting and lounging.

The Pride of Israel

8The 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.”

8The Lord YHWH has sworn by Himself, a declaration of YHWH, the God of Hosts, “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and his citadels I hate! And I will deliver up the city and its fullness.”

9And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

9And if ten men should remain in a single house, then It will come to pass that they also will die.

10And 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.”

10And his loved one lifts him up, even his burner, to bring out the bones from the house; and he will say to the one inside the house, “Are there any with you?” And he will say, “None.” And he will say, “Hush, for must not make mention of the name of YHWH.”

11For the LORD gives a command:

“The great house will be smashed to pieces,

and the small house to rubble.”

11For behold, YHWH is giving a command, and He will strike the great house to pieces, and the little house to bits!

12“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—

12“Do horses run on the rock? Or does one plow there with the oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say,

‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’

13being glad in Lo-debar, saying, ‘Is it not by our own strength that we have taken for ourselves Karnaim?’

14For 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.”

14For behold, I am raising up against you a nation, O house of Israel,” a declaration of YHWH, the God of Hosts, “And they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah!”