Holy Scripture
Amos 6:5
A church father on this verse
“(Vers. 2 seqq.) Go through Chalane, and see: and from there go to great Emath, and descend to Geth of the Philistines: to the best of their kingdoms, if their boundary is wider than your boundary. You who are separated on the day of evil, and approach the throne of wickedness. You who sleep on ivory beds, and indulge…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
5who excel in the sound of musical instruments; they have regarded them as abiding, not as fleeting pleasures;
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In context
3Ye who are approaching the evil day, who are drawing near and adopting false Sabbaths;
4who sleep upon beds of ivory, and live delicately on their couches, and eat kids out of the flocks, and sucking calves out of the midst of the stalls;
— Amos 6:5 —
6who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment: and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.
7Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.