Amos 2:8

Amos 2:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.
• English Standard Version (ESV)they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Context of Amos 2:8

6This 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. 7They 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. They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. 9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. 10And I brought you up from the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, that you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.

Amos 2:8 word by word

וְעַל־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כָּל־מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וְיֵ֤ין עֲנוּשִׁים֙ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• They lie downנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• besideאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• onעַל‛al · uponH5921
• garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• taken in pledgeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• And in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• they drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• obtained through finesעָנַשׁ‛ânash · to fineH6064

Cross-references for Amos 2:8

• Exodus 22:26If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
• Deuteronomy 24:12If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
• Ezekiel 18:7He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Amos 6:4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
• Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.
• Ezekiel 23:41You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
• 1 Corinthians 8:10For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
• 1 Corinthians 10:7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”
• Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
• Judges 9:27And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
• Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

Commentaries on Amos 2:8

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The irony is that those who oppressed the poor openly displayed their sins during religious festivals. The law of Moses allowed a lender to take a poor man’s cloak as security for a debt. However, the cloak had to be returned before nightfall, because nights were cold (Exodus 22:26–27; Deuteronomy 24:12–13). The law also said that a widow’s clothing must never be taken as security for a debt (Deuteronomy 24:17). fines: The wealthy also imposed unjust…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. lay themselves ... upon clothes laid to pledge--the outer garment, which Ex 22:25-27 ordered to be restored to the poor man before sunset, as being his only covering. It aggravated the crime that they lay on these clothes in an idol temple. by every altar--They partook in a recumbent posture of their idolatrous feasts; the ancients being in the habit of reclining at full length in eating, the upper part of the body resting on the left elbow, not…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 2:8

• Debt
• Drunkenness
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Pawn
• Poor
• Surety (Guarantee)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Jeroboam
• Amos (1)
• Calf, Golden
• Choose; Chosen
• Condemn; Condemnation
• Debt; Debtor
• Deuteronomy
• Drunkenness

Commentaries on Amos 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings