2 Pass over to Calneh and see,go from there to Hamath the great,and down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better than these kingdoms,or is your territory greater than theirs?
3 You who would put off the day of disaster,yet hasten the time of violence!
4 Those who lie on beds of ivory,and lounge upon their couches;Eating lambs taken from the flock,and calves from the stall;
5 Who improvise to the music of the harp,composing on musical instruments like David,
6 Who drink wine from bowls,and anoint themselves with the best oils,but are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph;
7 Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile,and the carousing of those who lounged shall cease.
8 The Lord God has sworn by his very self—an oracle of the Lord, the God of hosts:I abhor the pride of Jacob,I hate his strongholds,and I will hand over the city with everything in it;