2. Go look at the city of Calneh,and from there go to the great city Hamath;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.You are no better than these kingdoms.Your land is no larger than theirs.
3. You put off the day of punishment,but you bring near the day when you can do evil to others.
4. You lie on beds decorated with ivoryand stretch out on your couches.You eat tender lambsand fattened calves.
5. You make up songs on your harps,and, like David, you compose songs on musical instruments.
6. You drink wine by the bowlfuland use the best perfumed lotions.But you are not sad over the ruin of Israel,
7. so you will be some of the first ones taken as slaves.Your feasting and lying around will come to an end.
8. The Lord God made this promise; the Lord God All-Powerful says:“I hate the pride of the Israelites,and I hate their strong buildings,so I will let the enemy take the cityand everything in it.”
9. At that time there might be only ten people left alive in just one house, but they will also die.