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Amos 2:6

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—

KJV

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙she.lo.ShahthreeH7969 →
פִּשְׁעֵ֣יpish.'Ei<the> transgressions ofH6588 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
וְעַל־ve.'al-and onH5921 →
אַרְבָּעָ֖ה'ar.ba.'AhfourH702 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ'a.shi.Ve.nuI will revoke itH7725 →
עַל־'al-becauseH5921 →
מִכְרָ֤םmikh.Ramsold theyH4376 →
בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.seffor <the> silverH3701 →
צַדִּ֔יקtza.Dik[the] righteousH6662 →
וְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.Yonand [the] needyH34 →
בַּעֲב֥וּרba.'a.Vurforsake ofH5668 →
נַעֲלָֽיִם׃na.'a.La.yima pair of sandalsH5275 →

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Joel 3:3They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.Revelation 18:13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.Amos 8:6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”Amos 1:3This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they threshed Gilead with sledges of iron.Micah 3:2–3You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.Amos 2:1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.Isaiah 5:22–23Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,2 Kings 17:7–18All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other godsHosea 8:4–6They set up kings, but not by Me. They make princes, but without My approval. With their silver and gold they make themselves idols, to their own destruction.Hosea 4:11–14Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.Ezekiel 23:5–9Oholah prostituted herself while she was still Mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians—warriors2 Kings 18:12This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant—all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded—and would neither listen nor obey.Hosea 7:7–10All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.Amos 6:3–7You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.Hosea 4:1–2Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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