2 Go look at the city of Calneh.From there go to the great city Hamath.Go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better than these kingdoms?Are their lands larger than yours?
3 You put off the day of punishment.But you bring near the day when you can do evil to others.
4 You lie on beds decorated with ivory.You stretch out on your couches.You eat tender lambsand fattened calves.
5 You play your harps.Like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.
6 You drink wine by the bowlful.You use the best perfumed lotions.But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel, Joseph’s descendants.
7 So you will be some of the first ones taken as slaves.Your feasting and lying around will come to an end.
8 The Lord God made this promise. The Lord God of heaven’s armies says:“I hate the pride of the people of Israel.I hate their strong towers.So I will let the enemy take the cityand everything in it.”