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1. Oh, look at the people enjoying life in Zion, and those on Mount Samaria who feel so safe. They are such important leaders of a most important nation. The "House of Israel" comes to you for advice.
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1. Woe H1945 to them that are at ease H7600 in Zion H6726 , and trust H982 in the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111 , which are named H5344 chief H7225 of the nations H1471 , to whom the house H1004 of Israel H3478 came H935 !
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2. Go look at Calneh. From there, go to the large city Hamath. Go to the Philistine city of Gath. Are you better than these kingdoms? Their countries are larger than yours.
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2. Pass H5674 ye unto Calneh H3641 , and see H7200 ; and from thence H4480 H8033 go H1980 ye to Hamath H2574 the great H7227 : then go down H3381 to Gath H1661 of the Philistines H6430 : be they better H2896 than H4480 these H428 kingdoms H4467 ? or H518 their border H1366 greater H7227 than your border H4480 H1366 ?
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3. You people are rushing toward the day of punishment. You bring near the rule of violence.
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3. Ye that put far away H5077 the evil H7451 day H3117 , and cause the seat H7675 of violence H2555 to come near H5066 ;
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4. {But now} you lie on ivory beds and stretch out on your couches. You eat tender young lambs from the flock, and young calves from the stable.
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4. That lie H7901 upon H5921 beds H4296 of ivory H8127 , and stretch H5628 themselves upon H5921 their couches H6210 , and eat H398 the lambs H3733 out of the flock H4480 H6629 , and the calves H5695 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the stall H4770 ;
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5. You play your harps, and like David, you practice on your musical instruments.
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5. That chant H6527 to H5921 the sound H6310 of the viol H5035 , and invent H2803 to themselves instruments H3627 of music H7892 , like David H1732 ;
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6. You drink wine in fancy cups. You use the best perfumes. And it doesn't even bother you that Joseph's family is being destroyed.
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6. That drink H8354 wine H3196 in bowls H4219 , and anoint H4886 themselves with the chief H7225 ointments H8081 : but they are not H3808 grieved H2470 for H5921 the affliction H7667 of Joseph H3130 .
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7. You people are stretched out on your couches now, but your good times will end. You will be taken away as prisoners to a foreign country, and you will be some of the first people taken.
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7. Therefore H3651 now H6258 shall they go captive H1540 with the first H7218 that go captive H1540 , and the banquet H4797 of them that stretched H5628 themselves shall be removed H5493 .
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8. The Lord God used his own name and made an oath. The Lord God All-Powerful said: "I hate what Jacob is proud of. I hate his strong towers. So I will let an enemy take the city and everything in it."
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8. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath sworn H7650 by himself H5315 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 , I H595 abhor H8374 H853 the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , and hate H8130 his palaces H759 : therefore will I deliver up H5462 the city H5892 with all that is therein H4393 .
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9. At that time ten people in one house might survive, but they too will die.
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 , if H518 there remain H3498 ten H6235 men H376 in one H259 house H1004 , that they shall die H4191 .
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10. And when someone dies, a relative will come to get the body so that it can be taken out and burned. Relatives will come to take away the bones. They will call to anyone who might be hiding back in the house, "Are there any other dead bodies in there with you?" That person will answer, "No, �" But the relative will interrupt and say, "Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord."
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10. And a man's uncle H1730 shall take him up H5375 , and he that burneth H5635 him , to bring out H3318 the bones H6106 out of H4480 the house H1004 , and shall say H559 unto him that H834 is by the sides H3411 of the house H1004 , Is there yet H5750 any with H5973 thee? and he shall say H559 , No H657 . Then shall he say H559 , Hold thy tongue H2013 : for H3588 we may not H3808 make mention H2142 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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11. Look, the Lord God will give the command, and the large houses will be broken to pieces, and the small houses will be broken to small pieces.
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11. For H3588 , behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 commandeth H6680 , and he will smite H5221 the great H1419 house H1004 with breaches H7447 , and the little H6996 house H1004 with clefts H1233 .
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12. Do horses run over loose rocks? No, and people don't use cows for plowing. But you turned everything upside down. You changed justice and goodness to bitter poison.
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12. Shall horses H5483 run H7323 upon the rock H5553 ? will one plow H2790 there with oxen H1241 ? for H3588 ye have turned H2015 judgment H4941 into gall H7219 , and the fruit H6529 of righteousness H6666 into hemlock H3939 :
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13. You are happy in Lo-Debar. You say, "We have taken Karnaim by our own strength."
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13. Ye which rejoice H8055 in a thing of naught H1697 H3808 , which say H559 , Have we not H3808 taken H3947 to us horns H7161 by our own strength H2392 ?
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14. "But Israel, I will bring a nation against you that will bring troubles to your whole country from Lebo-Hamath to Arabah Brook." This is what the Lord God All- Powerful said.
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14. But H3588 , behold H2009 , I will raise up H6965 against H5921 you a nation H1471 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 ; and they shall afflict H3905 you from the entering in H4480 H935 of Hemath H2574 unto H5704 the river H5158 of the wilderness H6160 .
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