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Cross over to Calneh[a] and see;
    travel on from there to Hamath the great,
    and then go down to Gath of the Philistines.
Are you better than these kingdoms?
    Is your territory greater than theirs?
You put aside all thoughts of the evil day
    and thereby hasten the reign of violence.
Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory
    and lounge on their couches.
They feast on lambs from the flock
    and stall-fattened calves.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:2 Calneh, near Aleppo, and Hamath were two principalities of Syria.