Amos 6
1 woe! [the] secure in/on/with Zion and [the] to trust in/on/with mountain: mount Samaria to pierce first: beginning [the] nation and to come (in): come to/for them house: household Israel
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel come!
2 to pass Calneh and to see: see and to go: went from there Hamath the great Hamath the great and to go down Gath Philistine pleasant from [the] kingdom [the] these if: surely yes many border: area their from border: area your
Go to Calneh, and see. From there go to Hamath the great. Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms? Is their border greater than your border?
3 [the] to put away to/for day bad: evil and to approach: bring [emph?] seat violence
Alas for you who put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near,
4 [the] to lie down: lay down upon bed tooth: ivory and to overrun upon bed their and to eat ram from flock and calf from midst stall
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 middle of the stall,
5 [the] to divide upon lip: word [the] harp like/as David to devise: design to/for them article/utensil song
who strum on the strings of a harp, who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
6 [the] to drink in/on/with bowl wine and first: best oil to anoint and not be weak: grieved upon breaking (Joseph *L(abh)*)
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7 to/for so now to reveal: remove in/on/with head: first to reveal: remove and to turn aside: remove banquet to overrun
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
8 to swear Lord YHWH/God in/on/with soul: myself his utterance LORD God Hosts to loathe I [obj] pride Jacob and citadel: fortress his to hate and to shut city and fullness her
“The Lord Yahweh has sworn by himself,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, and detest his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.
9 and to be if to remain ten human in/on/with house: home one and to die
It will happen that if ten men remain in one house, they will die.
10 and to lift: raise him beloved: male relative his and to burn him to/for to come out: send bone from [the] house: home and to say to/for which in/on/with flank [the] house: home still with you and to say end and to say to silence for not to/for to remember in/on/with name LORD
“When a man’s relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, ‘Is there yet any with you?’ And he says, ‘No;’ then he will say, ‘Hush! Indeed we must not mention Yahweh’s name.’
11 for behold LORD to command and to smite [the] house: home [the] great: large fragment and [the] house: home [the] small breach
“For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
12 to run: run [emph?] in/on/with crag horse if: surely yes to plow/plot in/on/with cattle for to overturn to/for poison justice and fruit righteousness to/for wormwood
Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,
13 [the] glad to/for Lo-debar Lo-debar [the] to say not in/on/with strength our to take: take to/for us Karnaim
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
14 for look! I to arise: attack upon you house: household Israel utterance LORD God [the] Hosts nation and to oppress [obj] you from Lebo-(Hamath) Hamath till Brook [the] (Brook of) the Arabah
For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,” says Yahweh, the God of Armies; “and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.”
