Amos 6

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9And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. 10And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial, shall take him up to bring the bones out of the house, and shall say to him who is in the innermost parts of the house, “Is there still anyone with you?” he shall say, “No”; and he shall say, “Silence! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”

11 For behold, the Lord commands,
and the great house shall be struck down into fragments,
and the little house into bits.
12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow therea with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwoodb
13 you who rejoice in Lo-debar,c
who say, “Have we not by our own strength
captured Karnaimd for ourselves?”
14 “For behold, I will raise up against you a nation,
O house of Israel,” declares the Lord, the God of hosts;
“and they shall oppress you from Lebo-hamath
to the Brook of the Arabah.”


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