Thomson(i)
1 Alas for them who despise Sion and have put their trust in the mount of Samaria. They have gathered as a vintage the governments of nations and gone in
2 . house of Israel, Go ye all over [to Chalane] and see, and thence pass on to Ematraba and thence go down to Gath of the Philistines, to the strongest of all those kingdoms of theirs. Are their borders larger than yours,
3 who are coming to an evil day, who are drawing near and on the point of touching false sabbaths?
4 Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk:
5 some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting.
6 Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.