Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, ¹  and the religious banquets ²  where they sprawl on couches ³  will end.

biblegateway Amo 6:7

Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away.

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.

That is why they will now be the first to go into exile. The celebrating of those sprawled around the banquet table will stop.

biblegateway Amo 6:7

Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end.

Therefore they shall now be the first of those who go into exile, and the revelry of those who stretch themselves out shall pass away."

bibleoremus Amo 6:7

Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away.

Now, therefore, you will head the column of exiles; lounging and laughter will be at an end.

biblegateway Amo 6:7

Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.

Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

biblegateway Amo 6:7

Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, ¹  and the religious banquets ²  where they sprawl on couches ³  will end.

¹ tn Heb “they will go into exile at the head of the exiles.”

² sn Religious banquets. This refers to the מַרְזֵחַ (marzeakh), a type of pagan religious banquet popular among the upper class of Israel at this time and apparently associated with mourning. See P. King, Amos, Hosea, Micah, 137-61; J. L. McLaughlin, The “Marzeah” in the Prophetic Literature (VTSup). Scholars debate whether at this banquet the dead were simply remembered or actually venerated in a formal, cultic sense.

³ tn Heb “of the sprawled out.” See v. 4.