Christian Standard Bible
Amos 2:7
7They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.
Amos 2:7 in other versions
- King James Version (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:
- New International Version (NIV)They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
- English Standard Version (ESV)those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned;
- New King James Version (NKJV)They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile My holy name.
Context of Amos 2:7
5Therefore, I will send fire against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem. 6The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name. 8They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God they drink wine obtained through fines. 9Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Read all of Amos 2Amos 2:7 word by word
הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים עַל־עֲפַר־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ דַּלִּ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ עֲנָוִ֖ים יַטּ֑וּ וְאִ֣ישׁ וְאָבִ֗יו יֵֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן חַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That pantשָׁאַףshâ'aph · to crushH7602
- after the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- on the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- of the poorדַּלdal · poorH1800
- and turn asideנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- of the meekעָנָו‛ânâv ‛ânâyv · poorH6035
- and a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- and his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- will goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- maidנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
- to profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- my holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Amos 2:7
- Amos 4:1Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink.”
- 1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went to his palace resentful and angry because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had told him. He had said, “I will not give you my ancestors’ inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and didn’t eat any food.
- Proverbs 28:21It is not good to show partiality — yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.
- Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.
- Micah 7:2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
- Zephaniah 3:3The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
- Amos 5:12For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates.
- Isaiah 10:2to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
- Leviticus 18:8You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; she is your father’s family.
- Ezekiel 22:11One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another defiles his daughter-in-law with depravity; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and the kind of sexual immorality that is not even tolerated among the Gentiles — a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.
- Leviticus 20:3I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
- 2 Samuel 12:14However, because you treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son born to you will die.”
- Ezekiel 36:20When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name, because it was said about them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they had to leave his land in exile.’
- Romans 2:24For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.
Commentaries on Amos 2:7
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7To trample on people means to treat them in a harsh and cruel way (see also Amos 8:4). The helpless and oppressed suffered under a system that refused to give them the justice the law required (Exodus 23:6–8). When a father and son slept with the same woman, it showed how morally broken the people of Israel had become. The law given through Moses clearly forbade this behavior (Leviticus 18:7–8, 15; 20:11–12). profane my holy name: By worshiping fertility…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. pant after ... dust of ... earth on ... head of ... poor--that is, eagerly thirst for this object, by their oppression to prostrate the poor so as to cast the dust on their heads in mourning on the earth (compare 2Sa 1:2; Job 2:12; Eze 27:30). turn aside ... way of ... meek--pervert their cause (Am 5:12; Job 24:4 [Grotius]; Is 10:2). a man and his father--a crime "not so much as named among the Gentiles" (1Co 5:1). When God's people sin in the face of…Read the comment
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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
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