Woe to Those at Ease in Zion
Amos 6:7
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
- KJV
- ¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
- WEB
- Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.
- ASV
- Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
- LSV
- Therefore they now go at the head of the captives, || And the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones is turned aside.
- YLT
- Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.
- DBY
- Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
- DRC
- Wherefore now they shall go captive at the head of them that go into captivity: and the faction of the luxurious ones shall be taken away.
- GNV
- Therefore nowe shall they go captiue with the first that go captiue, and the sorow of them that stretched themselues, is at hand.
- JPS
- Therefore now shall they go captive at the head of them that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
- LXXE
- Therefore now shall they depart into captivity from the dominion of princes, and the neighing of horses shall be cut off from Ephraim.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- לָכֵ֛ן עַתָּ֥ה יִגְל֖וּ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ גֹּלִ֑ים וְסָ֖ר מִרְזַ֥ח סְרוּחִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Διὰ τοῦτο νῦν αἰχμάλωτοι ἔσονται ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς δυναστῶν, καὶ ἐξαρθήσεται χρεμετισμὸς ἵππων ἐξ Ἐφραίμ·
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◆ Prophecies of Amos
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
GluttonyRevellingsEatingBanquetDrunkennessWorldlinessFeastsConfidenceIsrael, Prophecies concerningChurch
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Cross-references most cited first
- Amos 7:11for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Daniel 5:4–6As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone. At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the…
- Amos 5:5Do 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.
- 1 Kings 20:16–20They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk. And the young officers of the district governors marched out first. Now Ben-hadad had sent out scouts, who…
- Luke 21:24They 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.
- Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
- Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
- Esther 7:8–10Just 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…
- Amos 7:17Therefore 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…
- Deuteronomy 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
- Esther 7:1–2So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen, and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request?…
- Esther 5:8If 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…
- Esther 5:12–14“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. Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai…
- Nahum 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.
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