Amos 6:8 - 6:14

Lord Yahweh has sworn by Himself, Yahweh God of hosts has declared:

“I abhor the lofty pride of Jacob

And hate his citadels;

Therefore I will deliver up the city as well as its fullness.”

9 And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die. 10 Then one’s uncle, or the one who burns his bones, will lift him up to bring out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will answer, “Keep quiet. For the name of Yahweh is not to be mentioned.” 11 For behold, Yahweh is going to command and will strike the great house to pieces and the small house to fragments. 12

Do horses run on rocks?

Or does one plow them with oxen?

Yet you have overturned justice into gall

And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

You who are glad in Lo‑debar

And say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

“For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you,

O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh God of hosts,

“And they will press down on you from Lebo‑hamath

To the brook of the Arabah.”

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