Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
(Luke 6:24–26)
Woe to those at ease in Zion Isa 32:9-11Jas 5:5Luk 12:17-20Amo 4:1Exo 19:5-6Jdg 18:7Zep 1:12Jas 1:18
and those secure on Mount Samaria,
the distinguished ones of the foremost nation,
to whom the house of Israel comes.
Cross over to Calneh and see; Nam 3:82Ki 18:34Gen 10:102Ch 26:61Sa 17:4Isa 10:9-111Ki 8:651Sa 17:23
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?
You dismiss the day of calamity Amo 9:10Ezk 12:27Isa 56:121Th 5:32Pe 3:4Amo 3:10Ezk 12:22Mat 24:48
and bring near a reign of violence.
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, Amo 3:121Sa 25:36-38Ezk 34:2-3Isa 22:13Isa 5:11-12Jas 5:5Luk 12:19-20Luk 16:19
and lounge upon your couches.
You dine on lambs from the flock
and calves from the stall.
You improvise songs on the harp like David Isa 5:12Amo 5:23Amo 8:31Ch 15:161Ch 23:51Pe 4:3Ecc 2:8Gen 31:27
and invent your own musical instruments.
You drink wine by the bowlful Gen 49:221Co 12:261Ti 5:232Ki 15:292Ki 17:3-6Amo 2:8Est 3:15Ezk 9:4
and anoint yourselves with the finest oils,
but you fail to grieve
over the ruin of Joseph.
Therefore, you will now go into exile Amo 7:111Ki 20:16-20Amo 5:5Dan 5:4-6Amo 5:27Amo 7:17Deu 28:41Est 5:12-14
as the first of the captives,
and your feasting and lounging
will come to an end.
The Pride of Israel
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: Jer 51:14Amo 4:2Amo 8:7Jer 22:5Psa 47:4Amo 3:11Psa 106:40Deu 32:19
“I abhor Jacob’s pride
and detest his citadels,
so I will deliver up the city
and everything in it.”
And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. Amo 5:31Sa 2:33Est 5:11Est 9:10Isa 14:21Job 1:19Job 1:2Job 20:28 And when the relative who is to burn the bodies 1picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” 1Sa 31:12Amo 8:3Amo 5:13Ezk 20:39Ezk 24:21Jer 16:6Jer 44:26Num 17:12
“None,” that person will answer.
“Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
For the LORD gives a command: Amo 3:15Isa 55:112Ki 25:9Amo 6:8Amo 9:9Luk 19:44Nam 1:14Zec 14:2
“The great house will be smashed to pieces,
and the small house to rubble.”
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Amo 5:7Hos 10:4Amo 5:11-12Isa 59:13-141Ki 21:7-13Isa 48:4Psa 94:20-21Act 7:51-52
Does one plow the sea 2with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
you who rejoice in Lo-debar 3and say, Isa 28:14-15Luk 12:19-202Ki 14:25Jas 4:161Sa 4:52Ch 28:6-82Ki 13:252Ki 14:12-14
‘Did we not take Karnaim 4by our own strength?’
For behold, I will raise up a nation 1Ki 8:652Ki 14:25Jer 5:15-172Ki 15:292Ki 17:6Ezk 47:15-17Hos 10:5Isa 7:20
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.”