Chapter 6

  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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  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;  

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  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;  

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  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.  

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  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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  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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  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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  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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  Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?  

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  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.  

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