Amos 2:6
Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because they sold for silver the righteous, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
5And I will send out a fire against Judah, which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:12Because they had not obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, but had transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and had not obeyed, nor done accordingly.
Isaiah 10:2To turn aside from judgment the needy, and to rob the just due of the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and [that] they may plunder the fatherless!
Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah played the harlot while she was mine; and she longed for her lovers, for the Assyrians that were near [her],
Hosea 4:11Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Hosea 8:4They set up kings, but not my advice: they chose princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made themselves idols so that they will be cut off.
Joel 3:3(4:3) And for my people did they cast lots; and gave a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.
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 →