Amos 6-7
New American Standard Bible
“Carefree in Zion”
6 (A)Woe to those who are carefree in Zion,
And to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,
The (B)dignitaries of the foremost of nations,
To whom the house of Israel comes.
2 Go over to (C)Calneh and look,
And go from there to (D)Hamath the great,
Then go down to (E)Gath of the Philistines.
Are [a]they better than these kingdoms,
Or is their territory greater than yours?
3 Are you (F)postponing the day of disaster,
And would you (G)bring near the seat of violence?
4 Those who lie on beds of ivory,
And lounge around on their (H)couches,
And (I)eat lambs from the flock,
And calves from the midst of the fattened cattle,
5 Who improvise to the sound of the harp,
And like David have [b]composed (J)songs for themselves,
6 Who (K)drink wine from sacred bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils—
Yet they have not (L)grieved over the collapse of Joseph.
7 Therefore, they will now (M)go into exile at the head of the exiles,
And the revelry of those who (N)lounge around will come to an end.
8 The Lord [c]God has (O)sworn by Himself, the Lord God of armies has declared:
“I (P)loathe the arrogance of Jacob,
And [d]detest his (Q)citadels;
Therefore I will (R)give up the city and [e]all it contains.”
9 And it will be, if (S)ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s [f]uncle, or his (T)undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will [g]answer, “(U)Keep quiet! For [h]the name of the Lord is (V)not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, the Lord is going to (W)command that the (X)great house be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one [i]plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned (Y)justice into poison,
And the fruit of righteousness into [j]wormwood,
13 You who rejoice in [k](Z)Lodebar,
[l]And say, “Have we not (AA)by our own strength taken [m]Karnaim for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, (AB)I am going to raise up a nation against you,
House of Israel,” declares the Lord God of armies,
“And they will torment you from the (AC)entrance of Hamath
To the (AD)brook of the Arabah.”
Warning through Visions
7 This is what the Lord [n]God showed me, and behold, He was forming a (AE)swarm of locusts [o]when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s mowing. 2 And it came about, [p]when it had (AF)finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,
“(AG)Lord God, please pardon!
How can Jacob stand?
For he is (AH)small.”
3 The Lord (AI)relented of this.
“It shall not be,” said the Lord.
4 So the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by (AJ)fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the [q]farmland. 5 Then I said,
“(AK)Lord God, please stop!
(AL)How can Jacob stand?
For he is small.”
6 The Lord (AM)relented of this.
“This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7 So He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing [r]by a [s]vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. 8 And the Lord said to me, “(AN)What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said,
“Behold I am about to put a (AO)plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel.
I will not [t](AP)spare them any longer.
9 The (AQ)high places of Isaac will become deserted,
And the (AR)sanctuaries of Israel will be in ruins.
Then I will (AS)rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Amos Accused; Gives an Answer
10 Then Amaziah, the (AT)priest of Bethel, sent word to (AU)Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has (AV)conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. 11 For this is what Amos says: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’” 12 Then Amaziah said to Amos, “(AW)Go, you seer, flee to the land of Judah; and eat bread there and do your prophesying there! 13 But (AX)do not prophesy at Bethel any longer, for it is a (AY)sanctuary of the king and a royal [u]residence.”
14 Then Amos replied to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the (AZ)son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a [v]grower of sycamore figs. 15 But the Lord took me from [w]following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go (BA)prophesy to My people Israel.’ 16 So now hear the word of the Lord: you are saying, ‘You (BB)shall not prophesy against Israel (BC)nor shall you [x]prophesy against the house of Isaac.’ 17 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your (BD)wife will become a prostitute in the city, your (BE)sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die [y]upon (BF)unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
Footnotes
- Amos 6:2 Or you
- Amos 6:5 Or invented musical instruments
- Amos 6:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Amos 6:8 Lit hate
- Amos 6:8 Lit its fullness
- Amos 6:10 Or beloved one
- Amos 6:10 Lit say
- Amos 6:10 Lit not to make mention in the name of
- Amos 6:12 Another reading is plow the sea with oxen
- Amos 6:12 I.e., bitterness
- Amos 6:13 Lit nothing
- Amos 6:13 Lit Who say
- Amos 6:13 Lit a pair of horns
- Amos 7:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
- Amos 7:1 Lit at the beginning of the coming up of
- Amos 7:2 Lit if
- Amos 7:4 Lit plot of land
- Amos 7:7 Or on
- Amos 7:7 Lit wall of a plumb line
- Amos 7:8 Lit pass him by
- Amos 7:13 Lit house
- Amos 7:14 Or picker
- Amos 7:15 Lit behind
- Amos 7:16 Lit drivel
- Amos 7:17 Or in an unclean land
Proverbs 29:27
New American Standard Bible
27 An (A)unjust person is an abomination to the righteous,
And one who is (B)upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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