3 You are trying to avoid the time when trouble will come. But you are only bringing closer the Assyrian rule of terror.
4 You lie down on beds that are decorated with ivory. You rest on your couches. You eat the best lambs and the fattest calves.
5 You pluck away on your harps as David did. You play new songs on musical instruments.
6 You drink wine by the bowlful. You use the finest lotions. But Joseph's people will soon be destroyed. And you aren't even sad about it.
7 So you will be among the first to be taken away as prisoners. You won't be able to enjoy good food. You won't lie around on couches anymore.
8 The Lord and King has taken an oath in his own name. He is the Lord God who rules over all. He announces, "I hate the pride of Jacob's people. I can't stand their forts. I will hand the city of Samaria and everything in it over to their enemies."
9 Ten men might be left in one house. If they are, they will die there.