{"book":"Amos","slug":"amos","ch":6,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Amos","prev":"amos/5","next":"amos/7","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Woe to those at ease in Zion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and those secure on Mount Samaria,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"the distinguished ones of the foremost nation,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to whom the house of Israel comes."}],"h":"Woe to Those at Ease in Zion","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Cross over to Calneh and see;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"go from there to the great Hamath;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then go down to Gath of the Philistines."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Are you better than these kingdoms?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Is their territory larger than yours?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You dismiss the day of calamity"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and bring near a reign of violence."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and lounge upon your couches."},{"style":"indent1","t":"You dine on lambs from the flock"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and calves from the stall."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You improvise songs on the harp like David"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and invent your own musical instruments."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You drink wine by the bowlful"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and anoint yourselves with the finest oils,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"but you fail to grieve"},{"style":"indent2","t":"over the ruin of Joseph."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Therefore, you will now go into exile"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as the first of the captives,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and your feasting and lounging"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will come to an end."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself — the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared:“ I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself — the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ I abhor Jacob’s pride"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and detest his citadels,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"so I will deliver up the city"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and everything in it.”"}],"h":"The Pride of Israel","style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"And when the relative who is to burn [the bodies] picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside,“ Is anyone else with you?”“ None,” that person will answer.“ Silence,” [the relative] will retort,“ for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”","f":["Or to make a funeral fire to honor the dead"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"And when the relative who is to burn [the bodies] picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside,“ Is anyone else with you?”"},{"style":"reg","t":"“ None,” that person will answer."},{"style":"reg","t":"“ Silence,” [the relative] will retort,“ for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”"}],"style":"reg"},{"v":11,"t":"For the LORD gives a command:“ The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For the LORD gives a command:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ The great house will be smashed to pieces,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the small house to rubble.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"“ Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow [the sea] with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —","f":["Literally Does one plow (there)"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Do horses gallop on the cliffs?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Does one plow [the sea] with oxen?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"But you have turned justice into poison"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say,‘ Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’","f":["Lo-debar means nothing.","Karnaim means horn, a symbol of strength."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"‘ Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts,“ and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For behold, I will raise up a nation"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against you, O house of Israel,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD, the God of Hosts,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ and they will oppress you"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}