If the king approves of me, and if it pleases the king to give me what I ask for, let the king and Haman come tomorrow. I will prepare another party for the king and Haman tomorrow. Then I will tell what I really want.”
Amos 6:7 - Easy To Read Version Those people are stretched out on their couches now. But their good times will end. They will be taken away like prisoners to a foreign country. And they will be some of the first people taken. 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 the king approves of me, and if it pleases the king to give me what I ask for, let the king and Haman come tomorrow. I will prepare another party for the king and Haman tomorrow. Then I will tell what I really want.”
I am worried and I am shaking from fear. My pleasant evening has become a night of fear.\par
People have stopped showing their joy. All the happy sounds have stopped. The happy music from the drums and harps has ended.
That very same night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonian people, was killed.
\{Your city will be destroyed.\} The women will rush out through cracks in the wall and throw themselves onto the pile \{of dead bodies\}. {\cf2\super [50]}
So I will cause you to be taken captive beyond Damascus.”\par The Lord says those things.\par His name is God All-Powerful.\par
But don’t look in Bethel. {\cf2\super [60]} \par Don’t go to Gilgal. {\cf2\super [61]} \par Don’t cross the border\par and go down to Beersheba. {\cf2\super [62]} \par The people of Gilgal will be taken away\par as prisoners. {\cf2\super [63]} \par And Bethel will be destroyed. {\cf2\super [64]} \par
Amos has said, ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and the people of Israel will be taken as prisoners out of their country.’”
But the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute {\cf2\super [96]} 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 {\cf2\super [97]} country. The people of Israel will definitely be taken from this country as prisoners.’”
You will be completely destroyed\par like thorn bushes burning under a pot.\par You will be destroyed quickly\par like dry weeds that burn fast.\par
Some of the people will be killed by soldiers. Other people will be made prisoners and taken to every country. The holy city of Jerusalem will be walked on by non-Jewish people until their time is finished.
You will have sons and daughters. But you will not be able to keep them. Why? Because they will be captured and taken away.