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!
² Go 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 Those who put far away the evil day,
    and cause the seat of violence to come near;
⁴     Who 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;
⁵     who strum on the strings of a harp;
    who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
⁶     who drink wine in bowls,
    and anoint themselves with the best oils;
    but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
⁷ Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive;
    and the feasting and lounging will end.
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.
⁹ It will happen, if there remain ten men in one house,
    that they shall die.

¹¹ “For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces,
    and the little house into bits.
¹² Do 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;
¹³ you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say,
    ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
¹⁴ For, 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.”