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1. How terrible it will be for those who have an easy life in Jerusalem, for those who feel safe living on Mount Samaria. You think you are the important people of the best nation in the world; the Israelites come to you for help.
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1. Woe H1945 to them that are at ease H7600 in Zion H6726 , and trust H982 in the mountain H2022 of Samaria H8111 , which are named H5344 chief H7225 of the nations H1471 , to whom the house H1004 of Israel H3478 came H935 !
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2. Go look at the city of Calneh, and from there go to the great city Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. You are no better than these kingdoms. Your land is no larger than theirs.
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2. Pass H5674 ye unto Calneh H3641 , and see H7200 ; and from thence H4480 H8033 go H1980 ye to Hamath H2574 the great H7227 : then go down H3381 to Gath H1661 of the Philistines H6430 : be they better H2896 than H4480 these H428 kingdoms H4467 ? or H518 their border H1366 greater H7227 than your border H4480 H1366 ?
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3. You put off the day of punishment, but you bring near the day when you can do evil to others.
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3. Ye that put far away H5077 the evil H7451 day H3117 , and cause the seat H7675 of violence H2555 to come near H5066 ;
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4. You lie on beds decorated with ivory and stretch out on your couches. You eat tender lambs and fattened calves.
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4. That lie H7901 upon H5921 beds H4296 of ivory H8127 , and stretch H5628 themselves upon H5921 their couches H6210 , and eat H398 the lambs H3733 out of the flock H4480 H6629 , and the calves H5695 out of the midst H4480 H8432 of the stall H4770 ;
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5. You make up songs on your harps, and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.
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5. That chant H6527 to H5921 the sound H6310 of the viol H5035 , and invent H2803 to themselves instruments H3627 of music H7892 , like David H1732 ;
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6. You drink wine by the bowlful and use the best perfumed lotions. But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel,
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6. That drink H8354 wine H3196 in bowls H4219 , and anoint H4886 themselves with the chief H7225 ointments H8081 : but they are not H3808 grieved H2470 for H5921 the affliction H7667 of Joseph H3130 .
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7. so you will be some of the first ones taken as slaves. Your feasting and lying around will come to an end.
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7. Therefore H3651 now H6258 shall they go captive H1540 with the first H7218 that go captive H1540 , and the banquet H4797 of them that stretched H5628 themselves shall be removed H5493 .
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8. The Lord God made this promise; the Lord God All-Powerful says: "I hate the pride of the Israelites, and I hate their strong buildings, so I will let the enemy take the city and everything in it."
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8. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath sworn H7650 by himself H5315 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 , I H595 abhor H8374 H853 the excellency H1347 of Jacob H3290 , and hate H8130 his palaces H759 : therefore will I deliver up H5462 the city H5892 with all that is therein H4393 .
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9. At that time there might be only ten people left alive in just one house, but they will also die.
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9. And it shall come to pass H1961 , if H518 there remain H3498 ten H6235 men H376 in one H259 house H1004 , that they shall die H4191 .
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10. When the relatives come to get the bodies to take them outside, one of them will call to the other and ask, "Are there any other dead bodies with you?" That person will answer, "No." Then the one who asked will say, "Hush! We must not say the name of the Lord."
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10. And a man's uncle H1730 shall take him up H5375 , and he that burneth H5635 him , to bring out H3318 the bones H6106 out of H4480 the house H1004 , and shall say H559 unto him that H834 is by the sides H3411 of the house H1004 , Is there yet H5750 any with H5973 thee? and he shall say H559 , No H657 . Then shall he say H559 , Hold thy tongue H2013 : for H3588 we may not H3808 make mention H2142 of the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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11. The Lord has given the command; the large house will be broken into pieces, and the small house into bits.
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11. For H3588 , behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 commandeth H6680 , and he will smite H5221 the great H1419 house H1004 with breaches H7447 , and the little H6996 house H1004 with clefts H1233 .
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12. Horses do not run on rocks, and people do not plow rocks with oxen. But you have changed fairness into poison; you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.
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12. Shall horses H5483 run H7323 upon the rock H5553 ? will one plow H2790 there with oxen H1241 ? for H3588 ye have turned H2015 judgment H4941 into gall H7219 , and the fruit H6529 of righteousness H6666 into hemlock H3939 :
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13. You are happy that the town of Lo Debar was captured, and you say, "We have taken Karnaimn by our own strength."
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13. Ye which rejoice H8055 in a thing of naught H1697 H3808 , which say H559 , Have we not H3808 taken H3947 to us horns H7161 by our own strength H2392 ?
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14. The Lord God All-Powerful says, "Israel, I will bring a nation against you that will make your people suffer from Lebo Hamath in the north to the valley south of the Dead Sea."
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14. But H3588 , behold H2009 , I will raise up H6965 against H5921 you a nation H1471 , O house H1004 of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 the God H430 of hosts H6635 ; and they shall afflict H3905 you from the entering in H4480 H935 of Hemath H2574 unto H5704 the river H5158 of the wilderness H6160 .
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