Amos 6:1-7 - Woe To The Complacent

¹ Alas for the careless in Zion, and for them who put confidence in the mountain of Samaria, - the distinguished among the first group of nations, to whom came in the house of Israel. ² Pass ye over to Calneh, and see, and go on from thence to Hamath the great, - and go down to Gath of the Philistines, are they better than these kingdoms? or their boundary larger than your boundary? ³ Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:

⁴ Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure, - and eating the well-fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls: ⁵ Who are bawling at the bidding of the harp, - like David, have they invented for themselves instruments of song: ⁶ Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves, - and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph: - ⁷ Therefore, at once, shall they go into exile among the first of the exiles, - so shall be disturbed the revelry of sprawlers.