Amos 2:6

Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Yisroel, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they sold the tzaddik for kesef, 1 and the needy for a pair of sandals; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

In Context

5But I will send an eish upon Yehudah, 1 and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim. 1

7They who trample on the dust of the ground which is on the rosh of the poor, 1 and turn aside the derech of the anavim; 1 and an ish and his av will go in unto the same na'arah, 1 to commit chillul Hashem against My Shem kodesh; 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:12Because they obeyed not the voice of Hashem Eloheihem, but transgressed His Brit, and all that Moshe Eved Hashem commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them.

Isaiah 10:2To turn aside the needy from their rights, 1 and to withhold mishpat from the aniyyei Ami, 1 that almanot may be their prey, 1 and that they may rob the yetomim! 1

Ezekiel 23:5And Oholah (unfaithful to Me) played the zonah when she was Mine; and she lusted for her lovers, for Ashur + 23:5 the Assyrian warriors,

Hosea 4:11Zenut (prostitution, whoredom) and yayin and tirosh 1 take away the lev (understanding). 1

Hosea 8:4They have set up melachim, but not from Me; 1 they have made sarim (princes), and I knew it not; 1 of their kesef and their zahav 1 have they made them atzabim (idols), 1 that they may be cut off. 1

Joel 3:3And I will show mofetim in the heavens and in the earth, dahm, and eish, and pillars of smoke.

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 →

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