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.
10. When the relatives come to get the bodies to take them outside, one of them will call to the other and ask, “Are there any other dead bodies with you?”That person will answer, “No.”Then the one who asked will say, “Hush! We must not say the name of the Lord.”
11. The Lord has given the command;the large house will be broken into pieces,and the small house into bits.
12. Horses do not run on rocks,and people do not plow rocks with oxen.But you have changed fairness into poison;you have changed what is right into a bitter taste.
13. You are happy that the town of Lo Debar was captured,and you say, “We have taken Karnaim by our own strength.”
14. The Lord God All-Powerful says,“Israel, I will bring a nation against youthat will make your people suffer from Lebo Hamath in the northto the valley south of the Dead Sea.”