English Standard Version
Amos 2:8
8they 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.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
Context of Amos 2:8
6Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals— 7those 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; 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. 9"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. 10Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Read all of Amos 2Amos 2:8 word by word
וְעַל־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כָּל־מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וְיֵ֤ין עֲנוּשִׁים֙ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- downנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- upon clothesבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
- laid to pledgeחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
- byאֵ֫צֶל'êtsel · besideH681
- every altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
- and they drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- of the condemnedעָנַשׁ‛ânash · to fineH6064
- the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of their godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Amos 2:8
- Exodus 22:26If ever you take your neighbor's cloak in pledge, you shall return it to him before the sun goes down,
- Deuteronomy 24:12And if he is a poor man, you shall not sleep in his pledge.
- Ezekiel 18:7does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
- Amos 6:4"Woe to those who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves out on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,
- Isaiah 57:7On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifice.
- Ezekiel 23:41You sat on a stately couch, with a table spread before it on which you had placed my incense and my oil.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered 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 rose up to play."
- Amos 6:6who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
- Judges 9:27And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.
- Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their 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
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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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