Amos 5:11
Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
10They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16I also will do these things to you: I will quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies.
Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.
Isaiah 5:7dummy verses inserted by amos
Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.
Hosea 9:2The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the wine shall deceive them.
Amos 3:15And I will strike the winter house with the summer house: and the houses of ivory shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 Seek the Lord , and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →