Amos 6:7

New International Reader's Version

So you will be among the first to be taken away as prisoners. You won’t be able to enjoy good food. You won’t lie around on couches anymore.

Cross References

Esther 5:8

I hope you will be pleased to give me what I want. And I hope you will be pleased to listen to my appeal. If you are, I’d like you and Haman to come tomorrow to the feast I’ll prepare for you. Then I’ll answer your question.”

Isaiah 21:4

My heart grows weak. Fear makes me tremble. I longed for evening to come. But it brought me horror instead of rest.

Isaiah 24:8

The happy sounds of tambourines will be gone. The noise of those who enjoy wild parties will stop. The joyful music of harps will become silent.

Daniel 5:30

That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.

Amos 4:3

Each of you will go straight out through gaps made in the wall. You will be thrown out toward Harmon,” announces the Lord.

Amos 5:27

So I will send you away as prisoners beyond Damascus,” says the Lord. His name is God Who Rules Over All.

Amos 5:5

Do not look to Bethel. Do not go to Gilgal. Do not travel to Beersheba. The people of Gilgal will be taken away as prisoners. Nothing will be left of Bethel.”

Amos 7:11

Amos is telling them, “ ‘Jeroboam will be killed by a sword. The people of Israel will be taken away as prisoners. They will be carried off from their own land.’ ”

Amos 7:17

“But the Lord says, “ ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city of Bethel. Your sons and daughters will be killed by swords. Your land will be measured and divided up. And you yourself will die in another country. The people of Israel will surely be taken away as prisoners. They will be carried off from their own land.’ ”

Nahum 1:10

His enemies will be tangled up among thorns. Their wine will make them drunk. They’ll be burned up like dry straw.

Luke 21:24

Some will be killed by the sword. Others will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be taken over by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles come to an end.

Deuteronomy 28:41

You will have children. But you won’t be able to keep them. They’ll be taken away as prisoners.