Amos 6:7-14 NIV
Amos 6:7-14 NIV
7 Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile;
your feasting and lounging will end.
your feasting and lounging will end.
8 The Sovereign Lord has sworn by himself —the Lord God Almighty declares:
“I abhor the pride of Jacob
and detest his fortresses;
I will deliver up the city
and everything in it. ”
and detest his fortresses;
I will deliver up the city
and everything in it. ”
9 If ten people are left in one house, they too will die. 10 And if the relative who comes to carry the bodies out of the house to burn them asks anyone who might be hiding there, “Is anyone else with you?” and he says, “No,” then he will go on to say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
11 For the Lord has given the command,
and he will smash the great house into pieces
and the small house into bits.
and he will smash the great house into pieces
and the small house into bits.
12 Do horses run on the rocky crags?
Does one plow the sea with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness —
13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar
and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength? ”
Does one plow the sea with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness —
13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar
and say, “Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength? ”
14 For the Lord God Almighty declares,
“I will stir up a nation against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah. ”
“I will stir up a nation against you, Israel,
that will oppress you all the way
from Lebo Hamath to the valley of the Arabah. ”
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