Verse 7
7. Therefore . . . shall they go captive with the first—As they were first among the people in rank (Amos 6:1), and anointed themselves "with the chief ointments" (Amos 6:1- :), so shall they be among the foremost in going into captivity.
banquet—literally, the "merry-making shout of revellers"; from an Arabic root, "to cry out." In the Hebrew, marzeach; here, there is an allusion to mizraqu, "bowls" (Amos 6:1- :).
them that stretched themselves—on luxurious couches (Amos 6:1- :).
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