Amos 2:8

And 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

In Context

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

9Yet destroyed I HaEmori before them, 1 whose height was like the height of the cedars, 1 and he was strong as the oaks; 1 yet I destroyed his p'ri from above, 1 and his shorashim from beneath. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25If thou at all take the cloak of thy re'a as security, thou shalt return it unto him by bo hashemesh (sunset);

Deuteronomy 24:12And if the ish be oni (poor), thou shalt not keep his pledge overnight;

Isaiah 57:7Upon a lofty and high har 1 hast thou set up thy mishkav (bed i.e., fertility rites); 1 there wentest thou up to offer zevach. 1

Ezekiel 18:12Hath oppressed the oni and evyon, hath spoiled by a robberʼs violence, hath not restored the chavol (pledge), and hath lifted up his eyes to the gillulim, hath committed to'evah (abomination),

Hosea 4:8They + 4:8 i.e., the kohanim feed on the chattat (sin) of Ami, 1 and they relish their avon (iniquity). 1

Amos 6:4That lie upon beds of ivory, 1 and stretch themselves upon their couches, 1 and eat the lambs out of the tzon, 1 and the calves from the stall; 1

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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