2 Go look at the city of Calneh,and from there go to the great city Hamath;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.You are no better than these kingdoms.Your land is no larger than theirs.
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 ivoryand stretch out on your couches.You eat tender lambsand fattened calves.
5 You make up songs on your harps,and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.
6 You drink wine by the bowlfuland use the best perfumed lotions.But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel,
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 All-Powerful says:“I hate the pride of the Israelites,and I hate their strong buildings,so I will let the enemy take the cityand everything in it.”