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Amos 6	Amos 6
Amos 6:1 Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!	Amos 6:1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and to them that are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
Amos 6:2 Go on 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 your land wider than theirs?	Amos 6:2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are they better than these kingdoms? or is their border greater than your border?
Amos 6:3 You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;	Amos 6:3 -ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Amos 6:4 Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;	Amos 6:4 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;
Amos 6:5 Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;	Amos 6:5 that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Amos 6:6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.	Amos 6:6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos 6:7 So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.	Amos 6:7 Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
Amos 6:8 The Lord God has taken an oath by himself, says the Lord, the God of armies: the pride of Jacob is disgusting to me, and I have hate for his great houses: so I will give up the town with everything in it.	Amos 6:8 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, 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.
Amos 6:9 Then it will come about that if there are still ten men in a house, death will overtake them.	Amos 6:9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Amos 6:10 And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.	Amos 6:10 And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.
Amos 6:11 For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.	Amos 6:11 For, behold, Jehovah commandeth, and the great house shall be smitten with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
Amos 6:12 Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?	Amos 6:12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow [there] with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
Amos 6:13 You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?	Amos 6:13 ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos 6:14 For see, I will send against you a nation, O Israel, says the Lord, the God of armies, ruling you cruelly from the way into Hamath as far as the stream of the Arabah.	Amos 6:14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.