Amos 2
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Amos 2:6-8

6ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: “For threeH7969 offensesH6588 of 1IsraelH3478, and for fourH702, I will not revokeH7725 its punishment, BecauseH5921 they 2sellH4376 the righteousH6662 for 3moneyH3701, And the needyH34 for a pair of sandalsH5275.7These who 4trampleH7602 the headH7218 of the 5helplessH1800 to the dustH6083 of the earthH776 Also 6divertH5186 the wayH1870 of the humbleH6035; And a 7manH376 and his fatherH1 8resortH1980 to the same 9girlH5291 SoH4616 asH4616 to profaneH2490 My holyH6944 nameH8034.8And on garmentsH899 10seizedH2254 asH2254 pledgesH2254 they stretchH5186 outH5186 besideH681 11everyH3605 altarH4196, And in the houseH1004 of their GodH430 they 12drinkH8354 the wineH3196 of those who have been finedH6064.

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Notes

  1. 1. Amos 2:6 2 Kin 18:11, 12 ↩
  2. 2. Amos 2:6 Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; 8:6 ↩
  3. 3. Amos 2:6 Lit silver ↩
  4. 4. Amos 2:7 Or pant for the dust...on the head of the helpless ↩
  5. 5. Amos 2:7 Amos 8:4; Mic 2:2, 9 ↩
  6. 6. Amos 2:7 Amos 5:12 ↩
  7. 7. Amos 2:7 Hos 4:14 ↩
  8. 8. Amos 2:7 Lit go ↩
  9. 9. Amos 2:7 Possibly a prostitute, or a temple prostitute ↩
  10. 10. Amos 2:8 Ex 22:26 ↩
  11. 11. Amos 2:8 Amos 3:14 ↩
  12. 12. Amos 2:8 Amos 4:1; 6:6 ↩

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