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Amos 5:11

Therefore, 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.

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ASV

Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

KJV

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָ֠כֵןLa.khen<to> thereforeH3651 →
יַ֣עַןYa.'anbecauseH3282 →
בּוֹשַׁסְכֶ֞םbo.shas.Khemtrample youH1318 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
דָּ֗לDal[the] poorH1800 →
וּמַשְׂאַת־u.mas.'at-and a portion ofH4864 →
בַּר֙bargrainH1250 →
תִּקְח֣וּtik.Chuyou takeH3947 →
מִמֶּ֔נּוּmi.Me.nufrom himH4480 →
בָּתֵּ֥יba.Teihouses ofH1004 →
גָזִ֛יתga.Zithewn [stone]H1496 →
בְּנִיתֶ֖םbe.ni.Temyou have builtH1129 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
תֵ֣שְׁבוּTe.she.vuyou will dwellH3427 →
בָ֑םVamin them
כַּרְמֵי־kar.mei-vineyards ofH3754 →
חֶ֣מֶדChe.meddelightH2531 →
נְטַעְתֶּ֔םne.ta'.Temyou have plantedH5193 →
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808 →
תִשְׁתּ֖וּtish.Tuyou will drinkH8354 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יֵינָֽם׃yei.Namwine theirH3196 →

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Deuteronomy 28:30You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.Micah 6:15You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.Zephaniah 1:13Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”Isaiah 59:14So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”Revelation 11:8–10Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,Micah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?Amos 3:15I will tear down the winter house along with the summer house; the houses of ivory will also perish, and the great houses will come to an end,” declares the LORD.Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.Hosea 12:7A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.Isaiah 16:10Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.Isaiah 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.Ezekiel 26:12They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

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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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