Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive,.... That is, these men, who were the first and chief in the nation, who would not believe the day of Israel's captivity would ever…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore now (that is, shortly) shall they go captive with the first (at the head) of those who go captive - They had sought eminence; they should have it. Jerome: “Ye who are first in riches, shall,…
Adam Clarke
With the first that go captive - The house of Israel shall be carried into captivity before the house of Judah.
The first words of the chapter are the contents of these verses; but they sound very strangely, and contrary to the sentiments of a vain world: Woe to those that are at ease! We are ready to say,…
Cambridge Bible
The sentence. These nobles will indeed retain their preeminence, but it will be at the head of a procession of exiles.
Therefore now i.e. as soon as the threatened disaster has arrived.
shall they go…
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