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Amos 6:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.

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You have lived luxuriously on the earth and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts  in a day of slaughter.


Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’


And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish those who settle down comfortably,  , who say to themselves: ‘The Lord will do nothing #– #good or bad.’


The five men left and came to Laish. They saw that the people who were there were living securely, in the same way as the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking  in the land and no oppressive ruler. They were far from the Sidonians, having no alliance with anyone.


By his own choice, he gave us birth by the word of truth so that we would be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.


Rise up, attack a nation at ease, one living in security. This is the  Lord’s declaration. They have no doors, not even a gate bar; they live alone.


The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: ‘Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?   ’


casting all your cares on him, because he cares about you.


Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As the way  , of Beer-sheba lives’   – they will fall, never to rise again.


Do not trust deceitful words, chanting, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’


then he bought the hill of Samaria  from Shemer for seventy kilograms  of silver, and he built up the hill. He named the city he built Samaria  based on the name Shemer, the owner of the hill.


How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.


Moab has been left quiet since his youth, settled like wine on its dregs. He hasn’t been poured from one container to another or gone into exile. So his taste has remained the same, and his aroma hasn’t changed.


I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.


Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt: Assemble on the mountains of Samaria, and see the great turmoil in the city and the acts of oppression within it.


So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.’  The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name.  He has spoken.


For the apostasy of the inexperienced will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.


Israel was holy to the  Lord, the firstfruits of his harvest. All who ate of it found themselves guilty; disaster came on them.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration.


I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the  Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.


All the sinners among my people who say, ‘Disaster will never overtake or confront us,’ will die by the sword.


Then I said, ‘Now listen,  leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?





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