Amos 6:7

Therefore, at once, shall they go into exile among the first of the exiles,—so shall be disturbed the revelry of sprawlers.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

6Who are quaffing bowls of wine, and, with the best of oils, anointing themselves,—and are not afflicted for the injury of Joseph:—

8Sworn hath the Lord, Yahweh, by his own life, Declareth Yahweh, God of hosts, abhorring am I, the grandeur of Jacob, and, his palaces, I hate,—therefore will I cast off the city and the fulness thereof.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:16And they went forth at noon. Now, Ben-hadad, was drinking himself drunk, in the pavilions, he and the thirty-two kings helping him.

Esther 5:12And Haman said, Moreover Esther the queen did bring in no one with the king into the banquet which she had prepared, saving myself,—yea moreover, even for to-morrow, I, am invited unto her, with the king.

Esther 7:8When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.

Isaiah 24:8Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious,—Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre:

Amos 4:3And, through fissures, shall ye go out, every woman, straight before her,—and ye shall be thrust forth towards the castle, Declareth Yahweh.

Amos 5:27Therefore will I carry you into exile beyond Damascus,—saith Yahweh, God of hosts, is his name.

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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