New American Standard Bible 2020
Amos 2:7
7These who 1trample the head of the 2helpless to the dust of the earth Also 3divert the way of the humble; And a 4man and his father 5resort to the same 6girl So as to profane 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
5So I will send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.” 6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses 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. These who trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth Also divert the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl So as to profane My holy name. 8And on garments seized 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 as strong as the oaks; I also destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
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הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים עַל־עֲפַר־אֶ֙רֶץ֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ דַּלִּ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ עֲנָוִ֖ים יַטּ֑וּ וְאִ֣ישׁ וְאָבִ֗יו יֵֽלְכוּ֙ אֶל־הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה לְמַ֥עַן חַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
- trampleשָׁאַףshâ'aph · to crushH7602
- the headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- to the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
- of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- divertנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
- the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870
- of the humbleעָנָו‛ânâv ‛ânâyv · poorH6035
- manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- and his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- resortהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- girlנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
- Soמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
- to profaneחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: profaneH2490
- My holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
Cross-references for Amos 2:7
- Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And say to their husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”
- 1 Kings 21:4So Ahab entered his house sullen and furious because of the answer that Naboth the Jezreelite had given to him, since he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” And he lay down on his bed and turned his face away, and ate no food.
- Proverbs 28:21To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.
- Micah 2:2They covet fields, so they seize them; And houses, so they take them. They exploit a man and his house, A person and his inheritance.
- Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.
- Zephaniah 3:3Her leaders within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They have no bones to gnaw in the morning.
- Amos 5:12For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate.
- Isaiah 10:2So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor among My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
- Leviticus 18:8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.
- Ezekiel 22:11And one has committed abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another has outrageously defiled his daughter-in-law, and another among you has sexually abused his sister, his father’s daughter.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, namely, that someone has his father’s wife.
- Leviticus 20:3I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name.
- 2 Samuel 12:14However, since by this deed you have shown utter disrespect for the Lord, the child himself who is born to you shall certainly die.”
- Ezekiel 36:20When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, yet they have left His land.’
- Romans 2:24For “the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” just as it is written.
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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