Amos 6

Septuagint (Brenton, 1851) compared with Septuagint (LXX2012)

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¹Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

¹Woe to them that set at nothing Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered [the harvest of] the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

²O house of Israel, pass by all [of you], and see; and pass by thence to Ematrabba; and thence descend to Geth of the Philistines, the chief of all these kingdoms, [see] if their coasts are greater than your coasts.

³Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;

³You⌃ who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false sabbaths;

⁴who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;

⁵who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting [pleasures];

⁵who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as dwelling, not as fleeting [pleasures];

⁶who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.

⁶who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.

⁷Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.

⁸For the Lord has sworn by himself, [saying], Because I abhor all the pride of Jacob, I do also hate his countries, and I will cut off [his] city with all who inhabit it.

⁹And it shall come to pass, if there be ten men left in one house, that they shall die.

¹⁰But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavour to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one] else with thee? And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that thou name not the name of the Lord.

¹⁰But a remnant shall be left behind, and their relations shall take them, and shall strenuously endeavor to carry forth their bones from the house: and one shall say to the heads of the house, Is there yet [any one] else with you?

¹¹For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.

¹¹And he shall say, No [one] else. And [the other] shall say, Be silent, that you name not the name of the Lord.

¹²Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:

¹²For, behold, the Lord commands, and he will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with rents.

¹³ye who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?

¹³Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for you⌃ have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:

¹⁴For behold, O house of Israel, I will raise up against you a nation, saith the Lord of hosts; and they shall afflict you so that ye shall not enter into Æmath, and as it were [from] the river of the wilderness.

¹⁴you⌃ who rejoice at vanity, who say, Have we not possessed horns by our own strength?