Amos 2:7

They 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

In Context

6Thus 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

8And they lay themselves down 1 upon clothes taken in pledge by every mizbe'ach, 1 and they guzzle the yayin 1 of the fined in the Beis Eloheichem. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy kallah (daughter-in-law); she is the wife of thy ben; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 20:3And I will set My face against that ish, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his zera unto Molech, to make tamei My Mikdash, and to commit chillul Hashem against Shem Kodshi (My Holy Name).

1 Kings 21:4And Ach'av came into his Bais sar veza'ef (sullen and dejected) because of the davar which Navot the Yizre'eli had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the nachalat avoti. And he lay down upon his mittah, and turned away his face, and would eat no lechem.

Isaiah 3:14Hashem will enter into mishpat 1 with the Ziknei Amo (Elders of His People), and the sarim thereof; 1 for ye have eaten up the kerem (vineyard); 1 the plunder of the oni is in your batim (houses). 1

Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous chukim, 1 and that write decrees of oppression; 1

Ezekiel 22:11And ish hath committed to'evah with his neighborʼs isha; and another hath lewdly made tameh his kallah (daughter-in-law); and another in thee hath raped his achot, his bat aviv.

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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