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Announcement of Punishment. - Amo 6:7. “Therefore will they now go into captivity at the head of the captives, and the shouting of the revellers will depart.” Because these revellers do not trouble themselves about the ruin of Israel, they will now be obliged to wander into captivity at the head of the people (cf. 1Ki 21:9), when the approaching shebher occurs. בְּרֹאשׁ גֹּלִים is chosen with direct reference to רֵאשׁית שְׁמָנִים, as Jerome has observed: “Ye who are first in riches will be the first to bear the yoke of captivity.” Serūchı̄m also points back to Amo 6:4, “those who are stretched upon their couches” - that is, the revellers; and it forms a play upon words with mirzach. מַרְזֵחַ signifies a loud cry, here a joyous cry, in Jer 16:5 a cry of lamentation.