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Those who lie on ivory beds,
    sprawling upon their couches,
    eating lambs from the flock
    and calves straight from the stall,
improvising tunes on the lyre,
    composing music for themselves on musical instruments like David,
drinking large bowls of wine—
    they slather[a] themselves with the most expensive perfumed oils,
    but they do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:6 Literally anoint, but the reference is not to anointing to office.