September 29, 2013, First Reading

Amos   6:1, 4-7

6:1 Woe to you who have been wealthy in Zion, and to you who have confidence in the mountain of Samaria: aristocrats, heads of the people, who advance with a retinue into the house of Israel.
6:4 You sleep on beds of ivory, and you are lustful on your couches. You devour lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the herd.
6:5 You sing to the sound of stringed instruments; they consider themselves to have the musical abilities of David.
6:6 You drink wine in bowls, and you anoint with the best ointments; and they suffer nothing over the grief of Joseph.
6:7 Because of this, now they will depart at the head of those who go into captivity; and the faction of the lustful will be removed.

 

 


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