6:1 Woe 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!
6:2 Go to Calneh 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?
6:3 You put off the evil day and bring near a reign of terror.
6:4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs and fattened calves.
6:5 You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.
6:6 You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
6:8 The 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.”
6:9 If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.
6:10 And if a relative who is to burn the bodies comes to carry them out of the house and asks anyone still hiding there, “Is anyone with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the LORD.”
6:11 For the LORD has given the command, and he will smash the great house into pieces and the small house into bits.
6:12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness–
6:13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?”
6:14 For the LORD God Almighty declares, “I will stir up a nation against you, O house of Israel, that will oppress you all the way from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah.”
6:1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion / And to those who are secure in the mountain of Samaria, / The distinguished among the chief of the nations, / To whom the house of Israel comes!
6:2 Go over into Calneh, and see; / And go from there 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?
6:3 You who thrust away the evil day / And cause the seat of violence to draw near,
6:4 You who lie upon beds of ivory / And sprawl out upon your couches / And eat the lambs from the flock / And the calves from the midst of the stall,
6:5 You who prattle to the tune of the harp, / Who make for yourselves instruments of song like David,
6:6 You who drink wine in sacrificial bowls / And anoint yourselves with the finest oils; / Yet you are not grieved about the destruction of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore they will now go into captivity with the first of the captives, / And the cry of revelry from those who sprawled themselves out will pass / away.
6:8 The Lord Jehovah has sworn by Himself, / Declares Jehovah the God of hosts, / I abhor the pride of Jacob, / And his palaces I hate; / Therefore I will deliver up the city and its fullness.
6:9 And if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
6:10 When his kinsman, that is, he who should burn his body, takes him up to bring his bones from the house, and says to him who is in the innermost part of the house, Are there any more with you, and that one says, None; then he will say, Hush, for the name of Jehovah should not be mentioned.
6:11 For it is Jehovah who commands, / And He will strike the great house into fragments / And the little house into pieces.
6:12 Do horses run on rock? / Or does one plow there with oxen? / But you have turned justice into poison, / And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
6:13 You who rejoice in that which is nothing, / You who say, Have we not taken / By our own strength horns for ourselves?
6:14 For I am about to raise up a nation over you, / O house of Israel, declares Jehovah the God of hosts, / And they will oppress you / From the entrance of Hamath / To the brook of the Arabah.