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href="#xrf.Amos.6.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria —</p><p class="poem">the notable people in this first of the nations,</p><p class="poem">those the house of Israel comes to.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Cross over to Calneh<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> and see;</p><p class="poem">go from there to great Hamath;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.2.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">then go down to Gath<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.2.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> of the Philistines.</p><p class="poem">Are you better than these kingdoms?</p><p class="poem">Is their territory larger than yours?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>You dismiss any thought of the evil day<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and bring in a reign of violence.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">sprawled out on their couches,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and dine on lambs from the flock<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">and calves from the stall.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They improvise songs<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> to the sound of the harp<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and invent<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.5.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> their own musical instruments like David.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They drink wine by the bowlful<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and anoint themselves with the finest oils</p><p class="poem">but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.6.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, they will now go into exile</p><p class="poem">as the first of the captives,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the feasting<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> of those who sprawl out</p><p class="poem">will come to an end.</p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">Israel’s Pride Judged</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> has sworn by himself<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> — this is the declaration of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, the God of Armies:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">I loathe Jacob’s pride<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and hate his citadels,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.8.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">so I will hand over the city<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.8.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> and everything in it.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.9" /> <A name="10"></a><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 will die.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A close relative<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.10.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> and burner<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.10.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will remove his corpse<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.10.3"><span class="fnAlphabet">C</span></a> from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, “Any more with you? ”</p><p class="scripture">That person will reply, “None.”</p><p class="scripture">Then he will say, “Silence, because the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s name must not be invoked.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> commands:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">The large house will be smashed to pieces,</p><p class="poem">and the small house to rubble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Do horses gallop on the cliffs?</p><p class="poem">Does anyone plow there with oxen?<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">Yet you have turned justice into poison<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>you who rejoice over Lo-debar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim</p><p class="poem">for ourselves by our own strength? ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Amos.6.14" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/6-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But look, I am raising up a nation</p><p class="poem">against you, house of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">this is the declaration of the Lord,</p><p class="poem">the G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> of Armies —</p><p class="poem">and they will oppress you</p><p class="poem">from the entrance of Hamath<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Amos.6.14.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">to the Brook of the Arabah.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Amos.6.14.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Amos.6" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Amos.6.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.5">6:5</a></span> Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.5.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.5">6:5</a></span> Or <span class="italic">compose on</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.10.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.10">6:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">His uncle</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.10.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.10">6:10</a></span> A burner of incense, a memorial fire, or a body; Hb obscure</aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.10.3"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.10">6:10</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">remove bones</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.12">6:12</a></span> Some emend to <span class="italic">plow the sea</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.14">6:14</a></span> Or <span class="italic">from Lebo-hamath</span></aside><aside id="fn.Amos.6.14.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.14">6:14</a></span> Probably the Valley of Zared at the southeast end of the Dead Sea</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Amos.6" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.1">6:1</a></span> Is 32:9–11; Zph 1:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.2">6:2</a></span> Gn 10:10; Is 10:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.2.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.2">6:2</a></span> 1Kg 8:65; 2Kg 18:34; Is 10:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.2.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.2">6:2</a></span> 1Sm 5:8; 2Ch 26:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.3">6:3</a></span> Am 9:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.3">6:3</a></span> Am 3:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.4">6:4</a></span> Am 3:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.4">6:4</a></span> Am 3:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.4">6:4</a></span> Ezk 34:2–3</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.5">6:5</a></span> Am 5:23; 8:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.5">6:5</a></span> 1Ch 15:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.6">6:6</a></span> Am 2:8; 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.6.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.6">6:6</a></span> Jr 8:21; Lm 2:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.7">6:7</a></span> Am 7:11,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.7">6:7</a></span> 1Kg 20:16–21; Dn 5:4–6,30</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.8">6:8</a></span> Gn 22:16; Jr 22:5; 51:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.8">6:8</a></span> Lv 26:30; Dt 32:19; Ps 106:40</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.8.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.8">6:8</a></span> Am 3:10–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.8.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.8">6:8</a></span> Hs 11:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.9">6:9</a></span> Am 5:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.10">6:10</a></span> 1Sm 31:12; 2Ch 16:14; Jr 34:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.10">6:10</a></span> Is 48:1; Jr 44:26; Hs 4:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.11">6:11</a></span> Am 1:1; 9:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.12">6:12</a></span> 1Kg 21:7–13; Is 59:13–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.12">6:12</a></span> Is 5:20; Am 5:7; Rv 8:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.13">6:13</a></span> Jb 8:14–15; Ps 2:2–4; Lk 12:19–20</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.13">6:13</a></span> Ps 75:4; Is 28:14–15</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.14">6:14</a></span> Am 3:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Amos.6.14.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Amos.6.14">6:14</a></span> Nm 34:7–8; 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