| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes! | 1Woe 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! |
| 2Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory? | 2Pass 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? |
| 3Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near; | 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; |
| 4Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall; | 4That 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; |
| 5Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David; | 5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; |
| 6Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. | 6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. |
| 7Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed. | 7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. |
| 8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, The LORD God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city And all that is in it.” | 8The 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. |
| 9Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. | 9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. |
| 10And when a relative of the dead, with one who will burn the bodies, picks up the bodies to take them out of the house, he will say to one inside the house, “Are there any more with you?” Then someone will say, “None.” And he will say, “Hold your tongue! For we dare not mention the name of the LORD.” | 10And 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. |
| 11For behold, the LORD gives a command: He will break the great house into bits, And the little house into pieces. | 11For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. |
| 12Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into gall, And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, | 12Shall 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: |
| 13You who rejoice over Lo Debar, Who say, “Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves By our own strength?” | 13Ye 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 a nation against you, O house of Israel,” Says the LORD God of hosts; “And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the Valley of the Arabah.” | 14But, 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 Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. |
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