Amos 6 Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Woe to the Complacent

6 Woe to those who are at ease in Zion^(A)
and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria –
the notable people in this first of the nations,
those the house of Israel comes to.
²Cross over to Calneh^(B) and see;
go from there to great Hamath;^(C)
then go down to Gath^(D) of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
Is their territory larger than yours?
³You dismiss any thought of the evil day^(E)
and bring in a reign of violence.^(F)

⁴They lie on beds inlaid with ivory,^(G)
sprawled out on their couches,^(H)
and dine on lambs from the flock^(I)
and calves from the stall.
⁵They improvise songs^[a] to the sound of the harp^(J)
and invent^[b] their own musical instruments like David.^(K)
⁶They drink wine by the bowlful^(L)
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.^(M)
⁷Therefore, they will now go into exile
as the first of the captives,^(N)
and the feasting^(O) of those who sprawl out
will come to an end.

Israel’s Pride Judged

⁸The Lord God has sworn by himself^(P) – this is the declaration of the Lord, the God of Armies:

I loathe Jacob’s pride^(Q)
and hate his citadels,^(R)
so I will hand over the city^(S) and everything in it.

⁹And if there are ten men left in one house, they will die.^(T) ¹⁰A close relative^[c] and burner^[d]^(U) will remove his corpse^[e] from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, ‘Any more with you? ’

That person will reply, ‘None.’

Then he will say, ‘Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.’^(V)

¹¹For the Lord commands:

The large house will be smashed to pieces,
and the small house to rubble.^(W)

¹²Do horses gallop on the cliffs?
Does anyone plough there with oxen?^[f]
Yet you have turned justice into poison^(X)
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood^(Y) –
¹³you who rejoice over Lo-debar^(Z)
and say, ‘Didn’t we capture Karnaim
for ourselves by our own strength? ’^(AA)
¹⁴But look, I am raising up a nation
against you, house of Israel^(AB) –
this is the declaration of the Lord,
the God of Armies –
and they will oppress you
from the entrance of Hamath^[g]^(AC)
to the Brook of the Arabah.^[h]

Footnotes

6:5 Hb obscure
6:5 Or compose on
6:10 Lit His uncle
6:10 A burner of incense, a memorial fire, or a body; Hb obscure
6:10 Lit remove bones
6:12 Some emend to plough the sea
6:14 Or from Lebo-hamath
6:14 Probably the Valley of Zared at the southeast end of the Dead Sea

Cross references

6:1 : Is 32:9–11; Zph 1:12
6:2 : Gn 10:10; Is 10:9
6:2 : 1Kg 8:65; 2Kg 18:34; Is 10:9
6:2 : 1Sm 5:8; 2Ch 26:6
6:3 : Am 9:10
6:3 : Am 3:10
6:4 : Am 3:15
6:4 : Am 3:12
6:4 : Ezk 34:2–3
6:5 : Am 5:23; 8:10
6:5 : 1Ch 15:16
6:6 : Am 2:8; 4:1
6:6 : Jr 8:21; Lm 2:11
6:7 : Am 7:11,17
6:7 : 1Kg 20:16–21; Dn 5:4–6,30
6:8 : Gn 22:16; Jr 22:5; 51:14
6:8 : Lv 26:30; Dt 32:19; Ps 106:40
6:8 : Am 3:10–11
6:8 : Hs 11:6
6:9 : Am 5:3
6:10 : 1Sm 31:12; 2Ch 16:14; Jr 34:5
6:10 : Is 48:1; Jr 44:26; Hs 4:15
6:11 : Am 1:1; 9:9
6:12 : 1Kg 21:7–13; Is 59:13–14
6:12 : Is 5:20; Am 5:7; Rv 8:11
6:13 : Jb 8:14–15; Ps 2:2–4; Lk 12:19–20
6:13 : Ps 75:4; Is 28:14–15
6:14 : Am 3:11
6:14 : Nm 34:7–8; 2Kg 14:25

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised (CSBA)