Amos 6

¹Woe to those at ease in Zion

²Cross over to Calneh and see;

³You dismiss the day of calamity

⁴You lie on beds inlaid with ivory,

⁵You improvise songs on the harp like David

⁶You drink wine by the bowlful

⁷Therefore, you will now go into exile

⁸The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared:

⁹And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.

¹⁰And when the relative who is to burn the bodies 6:10 Or to make a funeral fire to honor the dead picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?”

¹¹For the LORD gives a command:

¹²“Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

¹³you who rejoice in Lo-debar 6:13 Lo-debar means nothing. and say,

¹⁴For behold, I will raise up a nation