1Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come! 2Pass over to Calneh, and see; and from there go 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? 3—you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4who 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; 5who sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7Therefore they shall now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of those who stretched themselves shall pass away. 8The Lord Yehovah has sworn by himself, says Yehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it. 9And it shall happen, if ten men remain in one house, that they shall die. 10And when a man’s uncle takes him up, even he who burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and says to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he shall say, Be quiet; for we may not make mention of the name of Yehovah. 11For, behold, Yehovah commands, and the great house shall be struck with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 12Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; 13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by our own strength? 14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says Yehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.