Amos 2:6
Thus said YHWH: “For three transgressions of Israel, || And for four, I do not reverse it, || Because of their selling the righteous for silver, || And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5And I have sent a fire against Judah, || And it has consumed palaces of Jerusalem.”
Cross References
2 Kings 18:12because that they have not listened to the voice of their God YHWH, and transgress His covenant—all that He commanded Moses, servant of YHWH—indeed, they have not listened nor done [it].
Isaiah 10:2Of My people, || That widows may be their prey, || That they may spoil the fatherless.
Ezekiel 23:5And Aholah goes whoring under Me, and she lusts on her lovers, on the neighboring Assyrians,
Hosea 4:11Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
Hosea 8:4They have made kings, and not by Me, || They have made princes, and I have not known, || Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, || So that they are cut off.
Joel 3:3And for My people they cast a lot, || And they give the young man for a harlot, || And have sold the young woman for wine, || That they may 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 →