Amos Chapter 6 verse 7 Holy Bible
Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
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So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
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Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
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Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; And the feasting and lounging will end.
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Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 7-11. - Here follows the announce. merit of punishment for the crimes mentioned above: the people shall go into captivity; they shall be rejected of God, and given over to utter ruin. Verse 7. - With the first. They shall have a pre-eminence indeed, being the first to go into captivity. St Jerome, "Vos qui primi estis divitiis, primi captivitatis sustinebitis jugum, secundum illud quod in Ezechiele scriptum est: 'a sanctuario meo incipite'" (Ezekiel 9:6). With the first; literally, at the head, with reference doubtless to ver. 1. The banquet (mirzakh); the screech of revellers. The word is used of the scream of mourners in Jeremiah 16:5; here of the cries and shouts of feasters at a banquet. Them that stretched themselves on couches, as ver. 4. The Septuagint, reading differently, has. "They shall depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be taken away from Ephraim." From this passage of Amos St. Augustine takes occasion to show that the most untrained of the prophets possessed eloquence and literary skill ('De Doctr. Christ.,' 4:7).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) Therefore (as a punishment for this self-indulgence) they shall go into captivity at the head of the captives, and the shout of the loungers (rioting in their banquets) shall cease. All their loud merriment will come to a sorry end.
