Amos 2:7 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 2:7

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

BSB

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ASV

they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

KJV

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Amos (420)

(Vers. 6 seqq.) Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke my word: Because they sell the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of sandals. They trample the heads of the weak into the dust of the earth, and they force the lowly off the path. Son and father go to the same prostitute, profaning my holy name. Upon garments taken in pledge, they recline beside every altar; and the wine of those who have been fined, they drink in the house of their God.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Basil of Caesarea

Letter CLX (379)

Because the example of the patriarch seemed injurious to many who indulged their flesh so far as to live with sisters in their life time. What ought to be my course? To quote the Scriptures, or to work out what they leave unsaid? In these laws it is not written that a father and son ought not to have the same concubine, but, in the prophet, it is thought deserving of the most extreme condemnation, "A man and his father" it is said "will go in unto the same maid."

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

That pant after the dust of the earth - Literally, “the panters!” with indignation. Not content with having rent from him the little hereditary property which belonged to each Israelite, these creditors grudged him even the “dust,” which, as a mourner, he strewed on his head Job 2:12, since it too was “earth.” Covetousness, when it has nothing to feed it, craves for what is absurd or impossible. What was Naboth’s vineyard to a king of Israel with his “ivory palace?” What was Mordecai’s refusal to bow to one in honor like Haman? What a trivial gain to a millionaire?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים	ha.sho.'a.Fim	those [who] trample	H7602 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
עֲפַר־	'a.far-	[the] dust of	H6083 →
אֶ֙רֶץ֙	'e.retz	[the] earth	H776 →
בְּרֹ֣אשׁ	be.Rosh	on [the] head of	H7218 →
דַּלִּ֔ים	da.Lim	poor [people]	H1800 →
וְדֶ֥רֶךְ	ve.De.rekh	and [the] way of	H1870 →
עֲנָוִ֖ים	'a.na.Vim	humble [people]	H6035 →
יַטּ֑וּ	ya.Tu	they turn aside	H5186 →
וְאִ֣ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and a man	H376 →
וְאָבִ֗יו	ve.'a.Viv	and father his	H1 →
יֵֽלְכוּ֙	ye.le.Khu	they go	H1980 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה	ha.na.'a.Rah	the young woman	H5291 →
לְמַ֥עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
חַלֵּ֖ל	cha.Lel	to profane	H2490 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
שֵׁ֥ם	shem	[the] name of	H8034 →
קָדְשִֽׁי׃	kod.shi	holiness my	H6944 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 10:2
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
leads to
- Malachi 3:5
  “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
leads to
- Isaiah 5:8
  Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Amos 8:4
  Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- Jeremiah 22:17
  “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
Through
Amos 5:12
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
leads to
- Amos 2:6–7
  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.
- Amos 5:10
  There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Through
Ezekiel 22:11
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
leads to
- Leviticus 18:15
  You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
- 2 Samuel 13:14
  But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Amos