O woe be to the proud wealthy,1 to such as think them selves so sure, which hold them selves for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israel, even as they list. Ye are taken out for the evil day, even ye that sit in the stool of wilfulness. Ye that lye upon beds of Ivory, •nd use your wantonness upon your couches: ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove: ye that sing at ⟨image 73⟩the lute, and in playing of instruments, compare your selves to David: ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint your selves with the best oil: but as for Josephs hurt, none of you all are sorry for it. Therefore, now shall ye be the first of them that shall be led away captive, and the lusty cheer of the wilful shall come to an end. &c. The Lord is minded to smite the great houses. For ye have turned true judgement unto bitterness, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.
O woe be to the proud wealthy,1 to such as thinke thē selues so sure, which hold them selues for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israell, euen as they list. Ye are taken out for the euill day, euen ye that sit in the stoole of wilfulnes. Ye that lye vpon beds of Iuory, •nd vse your wantonnes vppon your couches: ye that eate the best lambes of the flocke, and the fattest calues of the droue: ye that sing at ⟨image 73⟩the lute, and in playing of instrumentes, compare your selues to Dauid: ye that drinke wine out of goblets, and annoynt your selues with the best oyle: but as for Iosephes hurt, none of you all are sory for it. Therfore, now shall ye be the first of them that shall be led away captiue, and the lustie cheere of the wilfull shall come to an end. &c. The Lorde is minded to smite the great houses. For ye haue turned true iudgement vnto bitternes, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewoode.
- 1Amos. vj.
