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| [1]WOE to them who despise Zion and trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are chosen by the chiefs of the nations that have captivated the house of Israel! |
[1]Wo [to] those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel. |
| [2]Pass over to Caliah and see; and from thence go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory? |
[2]Pass ye over [to] Calneh and see, And go thence [to] Hamath the great, And go down [to] Gath of the Philistines, Are [they] better than these kingdoms? Greater [is] their border than your border? |
| [3]O you who wait for the evil day, and cause the sabbath of violence to come near; |
[3]Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence, |
| [4]Who lie upon beds of ivory, and give themselves to pleasures upon their couches, and eat the fatlings from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd; |
[4]Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall, |
| [5]Who chant to the sound of the harp, and consider themselves skilled in the musical instruments like David; |
[5]Who are taking part according to the psaltery, Like David they invented for themselves instruments of music; |
| [6]Who drink pure wine, and anoint themselves with the finest perfumes; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. |
[6]Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And [with] chief perfumes anoint [themselves], And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph. |
| [7]Therefore now they shall be carried captive with the first who go captive, and the joy shall be taken away from their rulers |
[7]Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones. |
| [8]The LORD God has sworn by himself, says the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it. |
[8]Sworn hath the Lord Jehovah by Himself, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts: I am abominating the excellency of Jacob, And his high places I have hated, And I have delivered up the city and its fulness. |
| [9]And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house that they shall die. |
[9]And if there are left ten persons in one house, It hath come to pass -- that they have died. |
| [10]And a man's uncle or one who is near to him shall carry the dead body out of the house; and he shall say to him who is in the house, Is there any one else in the house with you? And he shall say, There is no one, because they have perished; for they did not mention the name of the LORD. |
[10]And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who [is] in the sides of the house, `Is there yet with thee?' And he said, `None,' then he said, `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.' |
| [11]For, behold, the LORD will go forth and he will smite the great house and cause it to quiver, and the little house will he make desolate. |
[11]For lo, Jehovah is commanding, And He hath smitten the great house [with] breaches, And the little house [with] clefts. |
| [12]Do horses run upon rocks? Or does one plough with horses? For you have turned justice into bitterness, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; |
[12]Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough [it] with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood. |
| [13]You who rejoice over nothing, who say, Have we not taken a city by our own strength? |
[13]O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, `Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?' |
| [14]Therefore, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall drive you away from the entrance of Hamath to the valley of Arabah |
[14]Surely, lo, I am raising against you a nation, O house of Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, God of Hosts, And they have oppressed you from the coming in to Hamath, Unto the stream of the desert. |