Amos 6 : 1 (LXXEN)
Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.
Amos 6 : 2 (LXXEN)
O house of Israel, pass by all of you, and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, see if their coasts are greater than your coasts.
Amos 6 : 3 (LXXEN)
Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;
Amos 6 : 4 (LXXEN)
who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
Amos 6 : 5 (LXXEN)
who *Alex. epikrotountev, «applauding’ excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting pleasures;
Amos 6 : 6 (LXXEN)
who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
Amos 6 : 7 (LXXEN)
Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
Amos 6 : 8 (LXXEN)
For the Lord has sworn by himself, saying, Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off his city with all who inhabit it.
Amos 6 : 9 (LXXEN)
And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.
Amos 6 : 10 (LXXEN)
But *Gr. the remaining ones a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet any one else with thee?
Amos 6 : 11 (LXXEN)
And he shall say, No one else. And the other shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.
Amos 6 : 12 (LXXEN)
For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.
Amos 6 : 13 (LXXEN)
Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgement into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:
Amos 6 : 14 (LXXEN)
ye who rejoice at *Lit. no word vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?
Amos 6 : 15 (LXXEN)
For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were from the river of the *Gr. sunsets wilderness.
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