1 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion  *

and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria —

the notable people in this first of the nations,

those the house of Israel comes to.

2 Cross over to Calneh  * and see;

go from there to great Hamath;  *

then go down to Gath  * of the Philistines.

Are you better than these kingdoms?

Is their territory larger than yours?

3 You dismiss any thought of the evil day  *

and bring in a reign of violence.  *

4 They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,  *

sprawled out on their couches,  *

and dine on lambs from the flock  *

and calves from the stall.

5 They improvise songs  * to the sound of the harp  *

and invent  * their own musical instruments like David.  *

6 They drink wine by the bowlful  *

and anoint themselves with the finest oils

but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.  *

7 Therefore, they will now go into exile

as the first of the captives,  *

and the feasting  * of those who sprawl out

will come to an end.

8 The Lord God has sworn by himself  *  — this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies:

I loathe Jacob’s pride  *

and hate his citadels,  *

so I will hand over the city  * and everything in it.

9 And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.  *10 A close relative  * and burner  *,* will remove his corpse  * from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, "Any more with you? "

That person will reply, "None."

Then he will say, "Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked."  *

11 For the Lord commands:

The large house will be smashed to pieces,

and the small house to rubble.  *

12 Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does anyone plow there with oxen?  *

Yet you have turned justice into poison  *

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood  *  —

13 you who rejoice over Lo-debar  *

and say, "Didn’t we capture Karnaim

for ourselves by our own strength? "  *

14 But look, I am raising up a nation

against you, house of Israel  *  —

this is the declaration of the Lord,

the  God of Armies —

and they will oppress you

from the entrance of Hamath  *,*

to the Brook of the Arabah.  *