And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
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Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink in the house of their gods.
And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of theirGod the wine of the condemned.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentAmos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’
- Author
- Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
- Date
- c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel