God’s Word Translation
Amos 6:7
7That is why they will now be the first to go into exile. The celebrating of those sprawled around the banquet table will stop.
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
5How horrible it will be for those who make up songs as they strum a harp. Like David, they write all kinds of songs for themselves. 6How horrible it will be for those who drink wine by the jugful. They rub the finest oils all over themselves and are not sorry for the ruin ⌞of the descendants⌟ of Joseph. That is why they will now be the first to go into exile. The celebrating of those sprawled around the banquet table will stop. 8The Almighty Lord has sworn an oath on himself. The Lord God of Armies declares: I am disgusted with Jacob’s pride, and I hate his palaces. So I will hand over the city and everything in it. 9If ten people are left in one house, they will die.
Read all of Amos 6Amos 6:7 word by word
לָכֵ֛ן עַתָּ֥ה יִגְל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ גֹּלִ֑ים וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח סְרוּחִֽים׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Amos 6:7
- Amos 5:5But don’t search ⌞for me⌟ at Bethel. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t travel to Beersheba. Gilgal will certainly go into exile. Bethel will come to nothing.
- Amos 7:11Amos says that Jeroboam will be killed with a sword and that Israel cannot avoid being taken from its land into exile.”
- Deuteronomy 28:41You will have sons and daughters, but you won’t be able to keep them because they will be taken as prisoners of war.
- Luke 21:24Swords will cut them down, and they will be carried off into all nations as prisoners. Nations will trample Jerusalem until the times allowed for the nations ⌞to do this⌟ are over.
- 1 Kings 20:16They attacked at noon, when Benhadad was in his tent getting drunk with the 32 kings who were his allies.
- Esther 5:8Your Majesty, come with Haman to a dinner I will prepare for you. And tomorrow I will answer you, Your Majesty. If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, Your Majesty, may you ⌞then⌟ grant my request and do what I would like.”
- Esther 7:1So the king and Haman came to have dinner with Queen Esther.
- Isaiah 21:4I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
- Daniel 5:4They drank the wine and praised their gods made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, or stone.
- Nahum 1:10⌞The people of Nineveh will be⌟ like tangled thorns and like people drunk on their own drink. They will be completely burned up like very dry straw.
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
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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
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