Amos 5:11
Therefore because they have smitten the poor with their fists, and ye have received of them choice gifts; ye have built polished houses, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted desirable vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine of them.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
10They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.
Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt carry forth much seed into the field, and thou shalt bring in little, because the locust shall devour it.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his beloved plant: I expected it to bring forth judgment, and it brought forth iniquity; and not righteousness, but a cry.
Isaiah 65:21and they shall build houses, and themselves shall dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, and themselves shall eat the fruit thereof.
Hosea 9:2The threshing floor and winepress knew them not, and the wine disappointed them.
Amos 3:15I will crush and smite the turreted house upon the summerhouse; and the ivory houses shall be destroyed, and many other houses also, 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 →