^{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.