| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes. | 1“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! |
| 2Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours? | 2Pass over to Calneh, and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory, |
| 3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. | 3O you who put far away the day of disaster and bring near the seat of violence? |
| 4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. | 4“Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall, |
| 5You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. | 5who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music, |
| 6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph. | 6who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! |
| 7Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end. | 7Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away.” |
| 8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.” | 8The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.” |
| 9And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die. | 9And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. |
| 10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.” | 10And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the LORD.” |
| 11For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.” | 11For behold, the LORD commands, and the great house shall be struck down into fragments, and the little house into bits. |
| 12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— | 12Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood— |
| 13you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’ | 13you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?” |
| 14For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.” | 14“For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of hosts; “and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.” |
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