Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 6:6), 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 6:6).
them that stretched themselves—on luxurious couches (Amos 6:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 6:7:
Jeremiah 16:5
Amos 6:1
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