If I have found favour in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.’
Amos 6:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, they will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and the feasting of those who sprawl out will come to an end. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore now shall they go captive with the first who go into exile, and the revelry and banqueting of those who stretch themselves shall be ended. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore shall they now go captive with the first that go captive; and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away. Common English Bible Therefore, they will now be the first to be taken away, and the feast of those who lounged at the table will pass away. Catholic Public Domain Version Because of this, now they will depart at the head of those who go into captivity; and the faction of the lustful will be removed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
If I have found favour in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.’
My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.
The joyful tambourines have ceased. The noise of the jubilant has stopped. The joyful lyre has ceased.
You will go through breaches in the wall, each woman straight ahead, and you will be driven along towards Harmon. This is the Lord’s declaration.
So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.’ The Lord, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.
Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal or journey to Beer-sheba, for Gilgal will certainly go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
for Amos has said this: “Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.” ’
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: Your wife will be a prostitute in the city, your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, and your land will be divided up with a measuring line. You yourself will die on pagan soil, and Israel will certainly go into exile from its homeland.
For they will be consumed like entangled thorns, like the drink of a drunkard and like straw that is fully dry.
They will be killed by the sword , and be led captive into all the nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles , until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner.