Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Amos 5
²⁵ "Did you offer Me sacrifices and offerings In the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
²⁶ You also carried Sikkuth your idols, The star of your gods, Which you made for yourselves.
²⁷ Therefore I will send you into captivity beyond Damascus," Says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
Amos 6
¹ Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
² Go over to Calneh and see; And from there go to Hamath the great; Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory?
³ Woe to you who put far off the day of doom, Who cause the seat of violence to come near;
⁴ Who lie on beds of ivory, Stretch out on your couches, Eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall;
⁵ Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;
⁶ Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
⁷ Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
⁸ The Lord God has sworn by Himself, The Lord God of hosts says: "I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore I will deliver up the city And all that is in it."