Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.
Parallel translations
- WEB Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive; and the feasting and lounging will end.
- KJV Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
- NKJV Therefore they shall now go captive as the first of the captives, And those who recline at banquets shall be removed.
- NASB Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the revelry of those who lounge around will come to an end.
- NLT Therefore, you will be the first to be led away as captives. Suddenly, all your parties will end.
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Quick answer
Therefore these self-indulgent leaders will be the first to go into exile, and their revelry will end. Those who lounged in luxury will lead the march into captivity.
Overview
God's justice fits the crime: those first in privilege and indulgence become first in punishment. Their feasting and lounging, pursued in defiance of his warnings, are abruptly cut off. The verse underscores that worldly pleasure built on injustice is fleeting, while lasting security is found only in Christ.
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Cross-references · 14
- Amos 7:11for this is what Amos has said: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- 1 Kgs 20:16–20They marched out at noon while Ben-hadad and the 32 kings allied with him were in their tents getting drunk.
- Amos 5:5Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- Dan 5:4–6As they drank the wine, they praised their gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
- Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.
- Esth 7:8–10Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
- Isa 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
- Deut 28:41You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
- Esth 5:12–14“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
- Nah 1:10For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard—like stubble that is fully dry.
- Esth 7:1–2So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
- Esth 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
- Amos 7:17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”
- Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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