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"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 foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.

² Go 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 is their territory greater than yours?

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

⁴ Those who recline 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 sound of the harp,
And like David have ^(F1)composed ^(C1)songs for themselves,

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

⁷ Therefore, they will now ^(C1)go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the ^(C2)sprawlers' ^(F1)banqueting will ^(F2)pass away.

⁸ The Lord ^(F1)GOD has ^(C1)sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared:
"I ^(C2)loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And ^(F2)detest his ^(C3)citadels;
Therefore I will ^(C4)deliver up the city and ^(F3)all it contains."

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

¹³ You who rejoice in ^(F1)(C1)Lodebar,
^(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 the LORD God of hosts,
"And they will afflict you from the ^(C2)entrance of Hamath
To the ^(C2)brook of the Arabah."