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Chapter 6 |
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1 | Woe to them that are at ease in Zion,
and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to
whom the house of Israel came! |
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2 | Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from
thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be
they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your
border? |
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Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of
violence to come near; |
| 4 | That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch
themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the
calves out of the midst of the stall; |
| 5 | That chant to the sound of the
viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; |
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That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but
they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. |
| 7 | Therefore now
shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them
that stretched themselves shall be removed. |
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8 | The Lord GOD hath sworn
by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob,
and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is
therein. |
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| And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one
house, that they shall die. |
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10 | And a man's uncle shall take him up,
and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say
unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he
shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention
of the name of the LORD. |
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11 | For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and
he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with
clefts. |
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| Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with
oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness
into hemlock: |
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13 | Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say,
Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? |
| 14 | But, behold,
I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God
of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the
river of the wilderness. |
