Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end.

who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile.

You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have intercourse with her.

Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.’”

As a matter of fact, Amos is saying this: ‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”

The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.

Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering.

Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law!

Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

ת (Tav) O people of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O people of Edom, he will punish your sin and reveal your offenses!

When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.

You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.