Amos 6

1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!Cross-references: Ex 19:5 · Judg 18:7 · 1Ki 16:24 · Isa 32:9 · Isa 33:14 · Jer 7:4 · +11 more

2Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?Cross-references: Gen 10:10 · 1Sam 17:4 · 1Sam 17:23 · 1Ki 8:65 · 2Ki 17:24 · 2Ki 17:30 · +9 more

3Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,Cross-references: Ps 94:20 · Eccl 8:11 · Isa 47:7 · Isa 56:12 · Ezek 12:22 · Ezek 12:27 · +9 more

4who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall,Cross-references: 1Sam 25:36 · Ps 73:7 · Isa 5:11 · Isa 22:13 · Ezek 34:2 · Amos 3:12 · +4 more

5who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;Cross-references: Gen 31:27 · 1Chr 15:16 · 1Chr 23:5 · Job 21:11 · Eccl 2:8 · Isa 5:12 · +4 more

6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.Cross-references: Gen 37:25 · Gen 42:21 · Gen 49:22 · 2Ki 15:29 · 2Ki 17:3 · Esth 3:15 · +9 more

7Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.Cross-references: Deut 28:41 · 1Ki 20:16 · Esth 5:8 · Esth 5:12 · Esth 7:1 · Esth 7:8 · +8 more

8“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.Cross-references: Gen 22:16 · Lev 26:11 · Lev 26:30 · Deut 32:19 · Ps 47:4 · Ps 50:12 · +12 more

9It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:33 · Esth 5:11 · Esth 9:10 · Job 1:2 · Job 1:19 · Job 20:28 · +3 more

10“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’Cross-references: Num 17:12 · 1Sam 31:12 · 2Ki 6:33 · 2Ki 23:16 · Jer 16:6 · Jer 44:26 · +4 more

11“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.Cross-references: 2Ki 25:9 · Ps 105:16 · Ps 105:31 · Ps 105:34 · Eccl 10:18 · Isa 10:5 · +13 more

12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,Cross-references: 1Ki 21:7 · Ps 94:20 · Isa 48:4 · Isa 59:13 · Jer 5:3 · Jer 6:29 · +8 more

13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’Cross-references: Ex 32:18 · Judg 9:19 · Judg 9:27 · Judg 16:23 · 1Sam 4:5 · 2Ki 13:25 · +22 more

14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”Cross-references: Num 34:7 · 1Ki 8:65 · 2Ki 14:25 · 2Ki 15:29 · 2Ki 17:6 · Isa 7:20 · +5 more