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. The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
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The luxurious elite of Israel going into exile first, fulfilled in Sargon's deportation of the ruling classes.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
6:7Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
6:8The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Isaiah 5:13 Amos 6:4-7
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