They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Yishme`elim was coming from Gil`ad, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Amos 6:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) 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 midst of the stall; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall, American Standard Version (1901) that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; Common English Bible who lie on beds of ivory, stretch out on their couches, eat lambs from the flock, and bull calves from the stall; Catholic Public Domain Version You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You that sleep upon beds of ivory, and are wanton on your couches: that eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the herd; |
They sat down to eat bread, and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and saw a caravan of Yishme`elim was coming from Gil`ad, with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: *Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.*
Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Efrayim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sedom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
and sit on a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon you did set my incense and my oil.
Thus says the LORD: *As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Yisra'el be rescued who sit in Shomron on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.*
The songs of the temple will be wailings in that day,* says the Lord GOD. *The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
*Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
You have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure. You have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.