1 Oy ! You who are at ease in Zion, trusting in Samaria’s hill! Distinguished ones of the foremost of nations— to whom the house of Israel comes
2 Go over to Calneh and look. From there go to great Hamath, go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory larger than yours?
3 Dismissing the day of calamity, you bring near the throne of violence.
4 Reclining on beds of ivory, sprawling on their couches, dining on lambs from the flock and calves from amid the stall,
5 chanting to the sound of harp like David, inventing their own instruments of song,
6 drinking wine from bowls, anointing with choice ointments— yet they are not sickened over the breakdown of Joseph.