1 GLT Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who are secure in the hill country of Samaria, the notable men of the best of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes for help! BSB BSB: Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
2 GLT “Go to Kalneh and look; from there go to Hamath, the great city; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than your two kingdoms? Is their border larger than your border?” BSB BSB: Cross over to Calneh and see; go from there to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?
3 GLT Woe to those who put off the day of disaster and make the throne of violence come near. BSB BSB: You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.
5 GLT They sing foolish songs to the music of the harp; they improvise on musical instruments as David did. BSB BSB: You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.
6 GLT They drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but they do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. BSB BSB: You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
7 GLT Therefore, now they will go into exile with the first exiles, and the feasts of those who lounge about will pass away. BSB BSB: Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
8 GLT “I, the Lord Yahweh, have sworn by myself— this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of hosts, I detest the pride of Jacob; I hate his fortresses. Therefore I will deliver up the city with all that is in it.” BSB BSB: The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
9 GLT It will come about that if there are ten men left in one house, they will all die. BSB BSB: And if there are ten men left in one house, they too will die.
10 GLT When a man’ s relative comes to take their bodies up— the one who is to cremate them after bringing the corpses out of the house— if he says to the person in the house,“Is there anyone with you?” What if that person says,“No.” Then he will say,“Be quiet, for we must not mention Yahweh’ s name.” BSB BSB: And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
11 GLT For, behold, Yahweh will give a command, and the big house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house to bits. BSB BSB: For the LORD gives a command: “The great house will be smashed to pieces, and the small house to rubble.”
12 GLT Do horses run on the rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness. BSB BSB: “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
13 GLT You who rejoice over Lo Debar, who say,“Have we not taken Karnaim by our own strength?” BSB BSB: you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
14 GLT Therefore, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel— this is the declaration of Yahweh, the God of hosts. They will afflict you from Lebo Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.” BSB BSB: For behold, I will raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD, the God of Hosts, “and they will oppress you from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of the Arabah.”