Amos 6:7 “Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, an…”

Amos 6:7

Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.

American Standard Version

Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore nowe shall they go captiue with the first that go captiue, and the sorow of them that stretched themselues, is at hand.

Darby Translation

Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“shall they”

Amos 7:11 Amos 5:5 Amos 5:27 Deuteronomy 28:41 Luke 21:24

Amos 7:11 · BSB

for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”

Amos 5:5 · BSB

Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 5:27 · BSB

Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

Deuteronomy 28:41 · BSB

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

Luke 21:24 · BSB

They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

“and the”

1 Kings 20:16–20 Daniel 5:4–6 Esther 5:8 Esther 5:12–14 Esther 7:8–10 Isaiah 21:4

1 Kings 20:16–20 · BSB

They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.

Daniel 5:4–6 · BSB

As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.

Esther 5:8 · BSB

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the…

Esther 5:12–14 · BSB

“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.

Esther 7:8–10 · BSB

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon…

Isaiah 21:4 · BSB

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

Also

Amos 7:17

Amos 7:17 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

8The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”

Read Amos 6