1 Woe to you that are rich in Sion, and have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the peoples, going stately into the house of Israel.
1 Woe ¹to you that are wealthy in Sion, and to you that have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: ye great men, heads of the people, that go in with state into the house of Israel.
2 Pass ye into Chalane, and see, and go ye thence into Emath the great: & descend into Geth of the Palestines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.
2 Pass ye over to Chalane, and see, and go from thence into Emath the great: and go down into Geth of the Philistines, and to all the best kingdoms of these: if their border be larger than your border.
3 You that are separated unto the evil day: & approach to the throne of iniquity.
3 You that are separated unto the evil day: and that approach to the throne of iniquity;
4 You that sleep in beds of ivory, and play the wantons in your couches: that eat the lamb out of the flock, & calves out of the midst of the herd.
4 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;
5 You that sing to the voice of the psalter: as David they have thought themselves to have the instruments of song.
5 You that sing to the sound of the psaltery: they have thought themselves to have instruments of music like David;
6 That drink wine in phials, and are anointed with the best ointment: and they suffered nothing upon the contrition of Joseph.
6 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best ointments: and they are not concerned for the affliction of Joseph.
7 Wherefore now they shall go in the head of them, that go in transmigration: and the faction of the wantons shall be taken away.
7 Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.
8 The Lord God hath sworn by his soul, saith our Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
8 ²The Lord God hath sworn by his own soul, saith the Lord the God of hosts: I detest the pride of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will deliver up the city with the inhabitants thereof.
9 And if there shall be left ten men in one house, they also shall die.
9 And if there remain ten men in one house, they also shall die.
10 And his kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house: and he shall say to him, that is in the inner parts of the house: Is there yet with thee?
10 And a man’s kinsman shall take him up, and shall burn him, that he may carry the bones out of the house; and he shall say to him that is in the inner rooms of the house: Is there yet any with thee?
11 And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and remember not the name of our Lord.
11 And he shall answer: There is an end. And he shall say to him: Hold thy peace, and mention not the name of the Lord.
12 Because lo our Lord hath commanded, & he will strike the greater house with ruins, & the lesser house with clefts.
12 For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.
13 Why can horses run upon rocks, or can there be ploughing with buffles? Because you have turned judgement into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood?
13 Can horses run upon the rocks, or can anyone plough with buffles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.
14 Which rejoice in things of naught: which say: Why have not we taken unto us horns in our own strength?
14 You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?
15 For behold I will raise up from you o house of Israel, saith our Lord the God of hosts, a nation: and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.
15 But behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall destroy you from the entrance of Emath, even to the torrent of the desert.