if I have found favor in the king’s eyes and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and my request, then let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them—and then I will do as the king requests.”
Amos 6:7 - Tree of Life Version Therefore now they will go into exile at the head of the exiles. Sprawling revelry will cease. 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 favor in the king’s eyes and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and my request, then let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them—and then I will do as the king requests.”
My heart is bewildered, terror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling.
The glee of tambourines stops, the noise of revelers ends, the joy of the harp ceases.
You will go out through breaches— each woman straight ahead, and you will be cast to Harmon.” It is the declaration of Adonai.
So I will send you into exile, beyond Damascus.” Adonai has spoken, Elohei-Tzva’ot is His Name.
But do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not cross over to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to trouble.
For this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go captive from his land.’”
Therefore, this is what Adonai says: ‘Your wife shall become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, and your land divided up by a measuring line. Now, as for you— you will die in an unclean land, and Israel will surely be led away captive out of its land.’”
For even like tangled thorns they will be consumed, or like drunkards who are drunk, or like stubble that is fully dry.
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Sons and daughters you will father—but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity.