Amos 6
The Destruction of
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Woe to them that are at ease in
Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named
chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
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Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from
thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the
Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their
border greater than your border?
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Ye that put far away the evil day, and
cause the seat of violence to come near;
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that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock,
and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
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that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like
David;
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that drink wine in bowls, and anoint
themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for
the affliction of Joseph.
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Therefore now shall they go captive
with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that
stretched themselves shall be removed.
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The Lord GOD hath
sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of
hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces:
therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is
therein.
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And it shall come to pass, if there
remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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And a man's uncle shall take him up, and
he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and
shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is
there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall
he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of
the LORD.
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For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house
with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment
into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
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ye which rejoice in a thing of nought,
which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own
strength?
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But, behold, I will raise up against you
a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the
God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of the wilderness.
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