Amos 6:7

Amos 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.

Context of Amos 6:7

5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David; 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away. 8The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by himself, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts: I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces; therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.

Amos 6:7 word by word

לָכֵ֛ן עַתָּ֥ה יִגְל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ גֹּלִ֑ים וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח סְרוּחִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear

• Thereforeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• goגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493

Cross-references for Amos 6:7

• Amos 5:5but seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
• Amos 7:11For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.
• Deuteronomy 28:41Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
• Luke 21:24And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
• 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 and two kings that helped him.
• Esther 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.
• Esther 7:1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
• Daniel 5:4They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
• Nahum 1:10For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble.

Commentaries on Amos 6:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7With the first that go captive - The house of Israel shall be carried into captivity before the house of Judah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Therefore now (that is, shortly) shall they go captive with the first (at the head) of those who go captive - They had sought eminence; they should have it. Jerome: “Ye who are first in riches, shall, the first, endure the yoke of captivity, as it is in Ezekiel, begin from My sanctuary‘ Ezekiel 9:6, that is, from the destruction of the Temple which is holy. For mighty men shall be mightily tormented‘ (Wisdom Ezekiel 6:6); and, to whom men have committed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14The pronouncements of sorrow in this section develop two main themes: Israel’s apostasy (turning away from God) would make the day of the Lord a day of judgment, not salvation; and Judah’s spiritual complacency (feeling satisfied and unconcerned about faithfulness to God) would also bring judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Therefore ... shall they go captive with the first--As they were first among the people in rank (Am 6:1), and anointed themselves "with the chief ointments" (Am 6:6), so shall they be among the foremost in going into captivity. banquet--literally, the "merry-making shout of revellers"; from an Arabic root, "to cry out." In the Hebrew, marzeach; here, there is an allusion to mizraqu, "bowls" (Am 6:6). them that stretched themselves--on luxurious couches…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 6:7

• Confidence
• Eating
• Feasts
• Gluttony
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Banquet
• Chant
• Ease
• Revellings

Commentaries on Amos 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings