Amos 6:7 
Context| NET © | 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. |
| NIV © | Therefore you will be among the first to go into exile; your feasting and lounging will end. |
| NASB © | Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the sprawlers’ banqueting will pass away. |
| NLT © | Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives. Suddenly, all your revelry will end. |
| MSG © | But here's what's [really] coming: a forced march into exile. They'll leave the country whining, a rag-tag bunch of good-for-nothings. |
| BBE © | So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end. |
| NRSV © | Therefore they shall now be the first to go into exile, and the revelry of the loungers shall pass away. |
| NKJV © | Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed. |
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| NET © | 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. |
| NET © Notes |
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. |
