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Woe to Those at Ease in Zion

^1 (C1)Woe to those who are at ease in Zion
And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,
The ^(C2)distinguished men of the first of the nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

² Pass on over to ^(C1)Calneh and look,
And go from there to ^(C2)Hamath the great,
Then go down to ^(C3)Gath of the Philistines.
Are ^(F1)they better than these kingdoms,
Or are their borders greater than your borders?

³ Do you ^(C1)put off the day of calamity,
And would you ^(C2)cause the seat of violence to approach?

⁴ Those who lay down on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their ^(C1)couches
And ^(C2)eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

⁵ Who improvise to the ^(F1)sound of the harp,
And like David have ^(F2)composed ^(C1)songs for themselves,

⁶ Who ^(C1)drink wine from ^(F1)sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the first pick of the oils,
Yet they have not ^(C2)grieved over the destruction of Joseph.

⁷ Therefore, they will now ^(C1)go into exile among the first of the exiles,
And the ^(C2)sprawlers' ^(F1)banqueting will turn aside.

⁸ Lord Yahweh has ^(C1)sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:
"I ^(C2)abhor the lofty pride of Jacob
And hate his ^(C3)citadels;
Therefore I will ^(C4)deliver up the city as well as its fullness."

¹² Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow ^(F1)them with oxen?
Yet you have overturned ^(C1)justice into gall
And the fruit of righteousness into ^(F2)wormwood,

¹³ You who are glad in ^(F1)(C1)Lo-debar
^(F2)And say, "Have we not ^(C2)by our own strength taken ^(F3)Karnaim for ourselves?"

¹⁴ "For behold, ^(C1)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
O house of Israel," declares Yahweh God of hosts,
"And they will press down on you from ^(F1)(C2)Lebo-hamath
To the ^(C2)brook of the Arabah."