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

6Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals. 7These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name. On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, 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, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. 10It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years 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

• On garmentsבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• takenחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• as pledgesחָבַלchâbal · to pledgeH2254
• they stretchנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• everyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• And in the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
• of their Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• the wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• of those who have been finedעָנַשׁ‛ânash · to fineH6064

Cross-references for Amos 2:8

• Exodus 22:26If you ever take your neighbor’s cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets,
• Deuteronomy 24:12If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge.
• Ezekiel 18:7if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
• Amos 6:4Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall,
• Isaiah 57:7Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice.
• Ezekiel 23:41and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil.
• 1 Corinthians 8:10For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things 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 stood up to play.”
• Amos 6:6Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.
• Judges 9:27They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
• Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward 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

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