Israel will be punished

6 Terrible things will happen to you people in Jerusalem who are not worried about anything,

and also to you leaders who live on Samaria Hill who think that you are safe.

You think that [IRO] you are the most important people in the world,

people to whom Israeli people [MTY] go to get help.

2 But go to Calneh city and see what happened there.

Then go to see the great city Hamath and see what happened there.

Then go down to Gath city in Philistia and see what happened to their city walls.

Your land/country is certainly not [RHQ] larger or more powerful than their countries were,

but they were all destroyed.

3 You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters,

when your enemies will come and violently attack you.

4 You lie on beds decorated with expensive ivory,

and on soft couches.

You eat the tender meat of lambs

and fat calves.

5 You create/compose new songs

and play them on your harps like King David did.

6 You drink entire bowlfuls of wine

and you put expensive oils/perfumes on your bodies,

but you do not grieve about your country of Israel [MTY], which is about to be destroyed.

7 Your feasting and lounging on soft couches will soon end,

and you will be among the first ones to be forced by your enemies to go ◄into exile/to another country►.