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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

You put off the day of disaster
    and bring near a reign of terror.(A)
You lie on beds adorned with ivory
    and lounge on your couches.(B)
You dine on choice lambs
    and fattened calves.(C)
You strum away on your harps(D) like David
    and improvise on musical instruments.(E)

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