⁸ The way of peace they do not know;^(A)
    there is no justice in their paths.
They have turned them into crooked roads;^(B)
    no one who walks along them will know peace.^(C)

¹ Do you rulers indeed speak justly?^(A)
    Do you judge people with equity?
² No, in your heart you devise injustice,^(B)
    and your hands mete out violence on the earth.^(C)

6 Woe to you^(A) who are complacent^(B) in Zion,
    and to you who feel secure^(C) on Mount Samaria,^(D)
you notable men of the foremost nation,
    to whom the people of Israel come!^(E)
2 Go to Kalneh^(F) and look at it;
    go from there to great Hamath,^(G)
    and then go down to Gath^(H) in Philistia.
Are they better off than^(I) your two kingdoms?
    Is their land larger than yours?
³ You put off the day of disaster
    and bring near a reign of terror.^(J)
4 You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.^(K)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.^(L)
5 You strum away on your harps^(M) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.^(N)
6 You drink wine^(O) by the bowlful
    and use the finest lotions,
    but you do not grieve^(P) over the ruin of Joseph.^(Q)

4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge^(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:^(B)
“There is no faithfulness,^(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment^(D) of God in the land.^(E)
2 There is only cursing,^[a] lying^(F) and murder,^(G)
    stealing^(H) and adultery;^(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.^(J)