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“Disbelieving that a day of evil will come,[a]
    embracing opportunities to commit violence,[b]
lying on ivory beds,
    stretching out on your couches,
eating lambs from the flock,
    and fattened calves from the stall,
chanting to the sound of stringed instruments as if they were David,
    composing songs to themselves as if they were musicians,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 6:3 The Heb. lacks will come
  2. Amos 6:3 Lit. yet are pressing hard the seat of violence