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Amos

Condemnation of the Complacent Elite

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Chapter 6
1 Woe to the secure ones in Zion and the confident ones on Mount Shimron, the distinguished ones of the first portion of the nations, and the House of Israel has come to them. 2 Pass over to Calneh, please, and see; and go from there to Great Hamath, and go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Or is their boundary greater than your boundary? 3 You who put off the evil day and cause the Sabbath of violence to approach. 4 Those lying on beds of ivory and sprawling on their couches, eating lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the fattening pen. 5 They improvise on the mouth of the harp like David; they have devised for themselves instruments of song. 6 They drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the first portion of oils and are not grieved over the breaking of Joseph. 7 Therefore now they go into exile at the head of the exiles, and the revelry of the pampered has turned aside.