Woe to the Complacent
1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria —
the notable people in this first of the nations,
those the house of Israel comes to.
2 Cross over to Calnehand see;
go from there to great Hamath;
then go down to Gathof the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Is their territory larger than yours?
3 You dismiss any thought of the evil day
and bring in a reign of violence.
4 They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,
sprawled out on their couches,
and dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
5 They improvise songsto the sound of the harp
and inventtheir own musical instruments like David.
6 They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now go into exile
as the first of the captives,
and the feastingof those who sprawl out
will come to an end.
Israel’s Pride Judged
8 The LordGodhas sworn by Himself— this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of Hosts:
I loathe Jacob’s pride
and hate his citadels,
so I will hand over the cityand everything in it.
9 And if there are 10 men left in one house, they will die.
10 A close relativeand burnerwill remove his corpsefrom the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you? ”
That person will reply, “None.”
Then he will say, “Silence, because Yahweh’s name must not be invoked.”
11 For theLordcommands:
The large house will be smashed to pieces,
and the small house to rubble.
12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
13 you who rejoice over Lo-debar
and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim
for ourselves by our own strength? ”
14 But look, I am raising up a nation
against you, house of Israel—
this is the declaration of the Lord,
theGodof Hosts —
and they will oppress you
from the entrance of Hamath
to the Brook of the Arabah.
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