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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!
2
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?
3
Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause
the seat of violence to come near;
4
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;
5
That chant
to the sound of the viol,
and
invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
6
That drink
wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the
affliction of Joseph.
7
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that
stretched themselves shall be removed.
8
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the L
ORD
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.
9
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that
they shall die.
10
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 L
ORD
.
11
For, behold, the L
ORD
commandeth, and he will smite the great house
with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12
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:
13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought,
which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14
But, behold, I will raise up against
you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the L
ORD
the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the
entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
CHAPTER 7
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning
of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo,
it was
the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
2
And it came to pass,
that
when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said,
O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he
is
small.
3
The L
ORD
repented for this: It shall not be, saith the L
ORD
.
4
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by
fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
5
Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I
beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he
is
small.
6
The L
ORD
repented for this: This also
shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
7
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall
made
by a plumbline, with a
plumbline in his hand.
8
And the L
ORD
said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline.
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