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Cross over to Calneh[a] and look around,
    then go on to that great city of[b] Hamath,
        and from there go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
    Or is their territory more extensive than yours?

“Disbelieving that a day of evil will come,[c]
    embracing opportunities to commit violence,[d]
lying on ivory beds,
    stretching out on your couches,
eating lambs from the flock,
    and fattened calves from the stall,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:2 I.e. a Mesopotamian city
  2. Amos 6:2 The Heb. lacks city of
  3. Amos 6:3 The Heb. lacks will come
  4. Amos 6:3 Lit. yet are pressing hard the seat of violence