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<p class="indent2"> Is their territory larger than yours? <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You dismiss the day of calamity <p class="indent2"> and bring near a reign of violence. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, <p class="indent2"> and lounge upon your couches. <p class="indent1"> You dine on lambs from the flock <p class="indent2"> and calves from the stall. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You improvise songs on the harp like David <p class="indent2"> and invent your own musical instruments. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You drink wine by the bowlful <p class="indent2"> and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, <p class="indent1"> but you fail to grieve <p class="indent2"> over the ruin of Joseph. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, you will now go into exile <p class="indent2"> as the first of the captives, <p class="indent1"> and your feasting and lounging <p class="indent2"> will come to an end. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">The Pride of Israel<p class="indent1"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: <p class="indent1stline">“I abhor Jacob’s pride <p class="indent2"> and detest his citadels, <p class="indent1"> so I will deliver up the city <p class="indent2"> and everything in it.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And when the relative who is to burn the bodies<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” <p class="reg">“None,” that person will answer. <p class="reg">“Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.” <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the LORD gives a command: <p class="indent1stline">“The great house will be smashed to pieces, <p class="indent2"> and the small house to rubble.” <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? <p class="indent2"> Does one plow the sea<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> with oxen? <p class="indent1"> But you have turned justice into poison <p class="indent2"> and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>you who rejoice in Lo-debar<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and say, <p class="indent2">‘Did we not take Karnaim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> by our own strength?’ <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For behold, I will raise up a nation <p class="indent2"> against you, O house of Israel,” <p class="selah"> declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, <p class="indent1">“and they will oppress you <p class="indent2"> from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>to make a funeral fire to honor the dead</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>Does one plow (there)</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <i>Lo-debar</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>nothing</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Karnaim</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>horn</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a symbol of strength.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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