Amos 2:6
This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.
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5So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:12This happened because they refused to listen to the Lord their God and broke his agreement—all that Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded. They refused to listen and did not obey.
Isaiah 10:2They pervert the legal rights of the needy, and rob justice from the poor of my people. They steal from widows and cheat orphans.
Ezekiel 23:5Oholah prostituted herself while she was still married to me. She wanted to have sex with her lovers, the Assyrians.
Hosea 4:11They destroy their minds with old wine and new wine.
Hosea 8:4They appointed kings without my consent and chose princes without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction.
Joel 3:3They cast lots for my people; they traded boys in payment for prostitutes and girls to buy wine to drink.
Matthew Henry on Amos 2:2-9
The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith… Read the whole commentary →