^{1 Ref} Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

^{2 Ref} Go on to Calneh and see; and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines: are you better than these kingdoms? or is your land wider than theirs?

^{3 Ref} You who put far away the evil day, causing the rule of the violent to come near;

^{4 Ref} Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;

^{5 Ref} Making foolish songs to the sound of corded instruments, and designing for themselves instruments of music, like David;

^{6 Ref} Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph.