Amos 6:7
Therefore they shall now go captive with the first who go captive, and the revelry of those who stretched themselves shall pass away.
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1 Kings 20:16And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty-two kings who helped him.
Esther 5:12Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself, and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.
Esther 7:8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. Then the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word we
Isaiah 24:8The mirth of tambourine ceases. The noise of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.
Amos 4:3And ye shall go out at the breaches, each one straight before her, and ye shall cast [yourselves] into Harmon, says LORD.
Amos 5:27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, says LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.
Matthew Henry on Amos 6:2-8
The Danger of False Security. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! 2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch… Read the whole commentary →