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Amos 6:7

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You people are stretched out on your couches now, but your good times will end. You will be taken away as prisoners to a foreign country, and you will be some of the first people taken.

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Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken as prisoners out of their country.’”

But don’t look in Bethel. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t cross the border and go down to Beersheba. The people of Gilgal will be taken away as prisoners, and Bethel will be destroyed.

Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Others will be made prisoners and taken to all the different countries. The holy city of Jerusalem will be under the control of foreigners until their time is completed.

You will be destroyed completely like thornbushes burning under a pot. You will be destroyed like dry weeds that burn quickly.

But the Lord says, ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city. Your sons and daughters will be killed with swords. Other people will take your land and divide it among themselves, and you will die in a foreign country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”

So I will send you as captives, far beyond Damascus.” This is what the Lord says. His name is God All-Powerful.

I am worried and shaking with fear. My pleasant evening has become a nightmare.

If the king is pleased with me and thinks it good to give me what I ask for, let the king and Haman come tomorrow. I will prepare another party for them. Then I will tell what I really want.”

You will have sons and daughters. But you will not be able to keep them, because they will be captured and taken away.

That very same night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was killed.

They have stopped showing their joy. The happy music from the drums and harps has ended.

Your city will be destroyed. The women will rush out through cracks in the wall and throw themselves onto the pile of dead bodies. This is what the Lord says:




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