Amos 6:7-8
“Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.”
King James Version
The luxurious elite of Israel going into exile first, fulfilled in Sargon's deportation of the ruling classes.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Isaiah 5:13 Amos 6:4-7
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