Amos 6:7

Therefore now shall they go 1 into captivity at the head of the golus, 1 and the merry shouting of the revellers will die.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

In Context

6That drink yayin in sacrificial bowls, 1 and anoint themselves with the finest ointments; 1 but they are not grieved for the shever Yosef (ruin of Yosef). 1

8Adonoi Hashem hath sworn by Himself, saith Hashem Elohei Tzva'os: 1 I abhor the ga'on Ya'akov, 1 and hate his fortresses; 1 therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:16And they set forth at tzohorayim. But Ben-Hadad was drinking himself shikkor in the sukkot, he and the melachim, the thirty and two melachim ozer (allied with) him.

Esther 5:12Haman said moreover, Yea, Ester HaMalkah did let no man come in with HaMelech unto the mishteh that she had prepared but myself; and makhar (tomorrow) am I invited unto her also with HaMelech.

Esther 7:8Then HaMelech returned out of the palace garden into the Bais Mishteh HaYayin, and Haman was fallen upon the mittah (couch), + 7:8 See 1:6 mittot, couches whereon Ester was. Then said HaMelech, Will he ravish HaMalkah also before me in the bais? As the davar (word) went out of the mouth of HaMelech, they covered Hamanʼs face.

Isaiah 24:8The mirth of tambourines ceaseth, 1 the noise of them that rejoice endeth, 1 the joy of the kinnor (harp) ceaseth. 1

Amos 4:3And ye shall go out of the breaks in the wall, 1 every cow right behind the next; 1 and ye shall be cast out toward Harmon, saith Hashem. 1

Amos 5:27Therefore will I cause you to go into golus beyond Damascus, saith Hashem, Elohei Tzva'os Shmo.

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 →

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