6:1 Woe to them that set at nought Zion, and
that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of]
the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
6:2 O house of Israel, pass by all [of you], and see; and pass by thence to
Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all
these kingdoms, [see] if their coasts are greater than your coasts.
6:3 Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting
false sabbaths;
6:4 who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and
eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the
stalls;
6:5 who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them
as abiding, not as fleeting [pleasures];
6:6 who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment;
and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of
princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
6:8 For Yehovah has sworn by himself, [saying], Because I abhor all the
pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off [his] city
with all who inhabit it.
6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that
they shall die.
6:10 But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take
them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the
house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one]
else with thee? And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say,
Be silent, that thou name not the name of Yehovah.
6:11 For, behold, Yehovah commands, and he will smite the great house with
breaches, and the little house with rents.
6:12 Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares?
for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into
bitterness:
6:13 ye who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our
own strength?
6:14 For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation,
saith Yehovah of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not
enter into Aemath, and as it were [from] the river of the wilderness. |
6:1 Woe 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!
6:2 Pass 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?
6:3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to
come near;
6:4 That 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;
6:5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves
instruments of musick, like David;
6:6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief
ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
6:7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and
the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
6:8 Yehovah Elohim hath sworn by himself, saith Yehovah the Elohim of hosts, I
abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I
deliver up the city with all that is therein.
6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that
they shall die.
6:10 And 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 Yehovah.
6:11 For, behold, Yehovah commandeth, and he will smite the great house
with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
6:12 Shall 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:
6:13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to
us horns by our own strength?
6:14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,
saith Yehovah the Elohim of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the
entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. |