Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive. As they were first among the people in rank (Amos 6:1), and anointed themselves "with the chief ornaments" (Amos 6:6), so shall they be among the foremost in going into captivity.
And the banquet - literally, the merry-making shout of revellers; from an Arabic root, to cry out. In the Hebrew, mirzach (H4797), here, there is an allusion to bªmizrªqeey (H4219) bowls (Amos 6:6). The harsh guttural sounds express the discordant screams of the revellers.
Of them that stretched themselves - on luxurious couches (Amos 6:4).