Amos 6

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
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!	1 Disaster for those so comfortable in Zion and for those so confident on the hil of Samaria, the notablesof this first of nations, those to whom the House of Israel has recourse!
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?	2 Travel to Calneh and look, go on from there to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath in Philistia. Arethey more powerful than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;	3 Thinking to defer the evil day, you are hastening the reign of violence.
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;	4 Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they dine on lambs from the flock, and stal -fattened veal;
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;	5 they bawl to the sound of the lyre and, like David, they invent musical instruments;
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.	6 they drink wine by the bowlful, and lard themselves with the finest oils, but for the ruin of Joseph theycare nothing.
7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.	7 That is why they wil now go into captivity, heading the column of captives. The sprawlers' revelry isover.
8 The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.	8 Lord Yahweh has sworn by his own self -declares Yahweh, God Sabaoth: I detest the pride of Jacob, Ihate his palaces, I shal hand over the city and al in it.
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.	9 If ten people are left in a single house, they wil die
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 the LORD.	10 and a few will be left to carry the bones from the house, and they will say to anyone deep inside thehouse, 'Any more there?' and he wil answer, 'No.' Then he wil say, 'Hush!-Yahweh's name must not bementioned.'
11 For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.	11 For look, Yahweh gives the command: as he strikes, the great house fal s to pieces and the smalhouse is in fragments.
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:	12 Can horses gal op over rocks? Can the sea be ploughed with oxen? Yet you have changed justiceinto poison, and the fruit of uprightness into wormwood,
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?	13 while rejoicing over Lo-Debar and saying, 'Wasn't it by our own strength that we captured Karnaim?'
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of the wilderness.	14 But look, House of Israel, against you -declares Yahweh, God Sabaoth- I am raising a nation tooppress you from the Pass of Hamath to the Gorge of the Arabah.