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Amos 6:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So you will be the first to be dragged off as captives; your good times will end.

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My head spins; I'm horrified! Early evening, my favourite time, has become a nightmare.

No one plays tambourines or stringed instruments; all noisy celebrating has come to an end.

That same night, the king was killed.

You will be dragged through holes in your city walls, and you will be thrown towards Harmon. I, the LORD, have spoken!

I will force you to march as captives beyond Damascus. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken!

Don't go to Gilgal or Bethel or even to Beersheba. Gilgal will be dragged away, and Bethel will end up as nothing.”

Here is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will be put to death, and the people will be taken to a foreign country.’ ”

Now, listen to what the LORD says about you: Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will be killed in war, and your land will be divided among others. You will die in a country of foreigners, and the people of Israel will be dragged from their homeland.

They are like drunkards overcome by wine, or like dry thorn bushes burning in a fire.

Some of them will be killed by swords. Others will be carried off to foreign countries. Jerusalem will be overrun by foreign nations until their time comes to an end.

Even your infant sons and daughters will be taken as prisoners of war.




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