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| 1Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come! | 1Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership. |
| 2Go to Kalneh and look at it; go from there to great Hamath, and then go down to Gath in Philistia. Are they better off than your two kingdoms? Is their land larger than yours? | 2They say to the people: "Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?" |
| 3You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror. | 3You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence. |
| 4You lie on beds adorned with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves. | 4They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen. |
| 5You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments. | 5They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments. |
| 6You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. | 6They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph. |
| 7Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end. | 7Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end. |
| 8The Sovereign LORD has sworn by himself--the LORD God Almighty declares: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and detest his fortresses; I will deliver up the city and everything in it." | 8The sovereign LORD confirms this oath by his very own life. The LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking: "I despise Jacob's arrogance; I hate their fortresses. I will hand over to their enemies the city of Samaria and everything in it." |
| 9If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. | 9If ten men are left in one house, they too will die. |
| 10And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them asks anyone who might be hiding there, "Is anyone else with you?" and he says, "No," then he will go on to say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the LORD." | 10When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the LORD's name!" |
| 11For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits. | 11Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces. |
| 12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness-- | 12Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. |
| 13you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?" | 13You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?" |
| 14For the LORD God Almighty declares, "I will stir up a nation against you, Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah." | 14"Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel." The LORD, the God who commands armies, is speaking. "They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah." |
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