Then they sat down to eat bread. When they looked up, behold, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balsam, and myrrh—going to bring them down to Egypt.
Amos 6:4 - Tree of Life Version Reclining on beds of ivory, sprawling on their couches, dining on lambs from the flock and calves from amid 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; |
Then they sat down to eat bread. When they looked up, behold, there was a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels carrying gum, balsam, and myrrh—going to bring them down to Egypt.
There were white and blue linen curtains hung by cords of fine linen and purple on silver rings and marble columns, gold and silver couches on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, marble, mother-of-pearl and minerals.
Their eyes bulge out from fatness. The imaginations of their hearts run wild.
But instead, there is joy and gladness, slaughtering cattle and killing sheep, meat and drinking wine! “Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die!”
Oy , the proud crown of Ephraim’s drunks! Its glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is at the head of the fertile valleys of those overcome with wine!
“You must not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink”
Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, gluttony, and careless ease—so had she and her daughters—and she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
You sat on a glorious bed, with a table arranged before it, on which you set out My incense and My oil.
Thus says Adonai: “Just as the shepherd snatches out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so will Bnei-Yisrael dwelling in Samaria escape with the corner of a bed or a head of a couch.
The songs of the palace will become howls in that day.” It is a declaration of my Lord Adonai. “So many corpses flung everywhere! Hush!
For the rich of the city are full of violence and its inhabitants speak lies. Their tongue in their mouth is deceit.
“Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, living it up in luxury every day.
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts for a day of slaughter.