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1. Woe 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.
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1. Woe H1945 to them that are at ease H7600 in Zion H6726 , and trust H982 in the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111 , which are named H5344 chief H7225 of the nations H1471 , to whom the house H1004 of Israel H3478 came H935 !
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2. They 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?"
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2. Pass H5674 ye unto Calneh H3641 , and see H7200 ; and from thence H4480 H8033 go H1980 ye to Hamath H2574 the great H7227 : then go down H3381 to Gath H1661 of the Philistines H6430 : be they better H2896 than H4480 these H428 kingdoms H4467 ? or H518 their border H1366 greater H7227 than your border H4480 H1366 ?
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3. You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence.
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3. Ye that put far away H5077 the evil H7451 day H3117 , and cause the seat H7675 of violence H2555 to come near H5066 ;
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4. They 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.
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4. That lie H7901 upon H5921 beds H4296 of ivory H8127 , and stretch H5628 themselves upon H5921 their couches H6210 , and eat H398 the lambs H3733 out of the flock H4480 H6629 , and the calves H5695 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the stall H4770 ;
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5. They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.
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5. That chant H6527 to H5921 the sound H6310 of the viol H5035 , and invent H2803 to themselves instruments H3627 of music H7892 , like David H1732 ;
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6. They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.
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6. That drink H8354 wine H3196 in bowls H4219 , and anoint H4886 themselves with the chief H7225 ointments H8081 : but they are not H3808 grieved H2470 for H5921 the affliction H7667 of Joseph H3130 .
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7. Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.
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7. Therefore H3651 now H6258 shall they go captive H1540 with the first H7218 that go captive H1540 , and the banquet H4797 of them that stretched H5628 themselves shall be removed H5493 .
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8. The 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."
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8. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath sworn H7650 by himself H5315 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 , I H595 abhor H8374 H853 the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , and hate H8130 his palaces H759 : therefore will I deliver up H5462 the city H5892 with all that is therein H4393 .
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9. If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 , if H518 there remain H3498 ten H6235 men H376 in one H259 house H1004 , that they shall die H4191 .
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10. When 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!"
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10. And a man's uncle H1730 shall take him up H5375 , and he that burneth H5635 him , to bring out H3318 the bones H6106 out of H4480 the house H1004 , and shall say H559 unto him that H834 is by the sides H3411 of the house H1004 , Is there yet H5750 any with H5973 thee? and he shall say H559 , No H657 . Then shall he say H559 , Hold thy tongue H2013 : for H3588 we may not H3808 make mention H2142 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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11. Indeed, look! The LORD is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces.
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11. For H3588 , behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 commandeth H6680 , and he will smite H5221 the great H1419 house H1004 with breaches H7447 , and the little H6996 house H1004 with clefts H1233 .
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12. Can 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.
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12. Shall horses H5483 run H7323 upon the rock H5553 ? will one plow H2790 there with oxen H1241 ? for H3588 ye have turned H2015 judgment H4941 into gall H7219 , and the fruit H6529 of righteousness H6666 into hemlock H3939 :
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13. You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?"
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13. Ye which rejoice H8055 in a thing of naught H1697 H3808 , which say H559 , Have we not H3808 taken H3947 to us horns H7161 by our own strength H2392 ?
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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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14. But H3588 , behold H2009 , I will raise up H6965 against H5921 you a nation H1471 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 ; and they shall afflict H3905 you from the entering in H4480 H935 of Hemath H2574 unto H5704 the river H5158 of the wilderness H6160 .
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