Amos 5:11

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, 1 and ye take from him burdens of wheat; 1 ye have built batim (houses) of hewn stone, 1 but ye shall not dwell in them; 1 ye have planted pleasant kramim (vineyards), 1 but ye shall not drink yayin of them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

In Context

10They hate the mochiach (reprover) [of injustice] in the gate, 1 and they abhor him that speaketh tamim (uprightly). 1

12For I have da'as of your manifold peysha'im 1 and your mighty chattaim (sins); 1 they afflict the tzaddik, they take a bribe, 1 and they turn aside the poor in the sha'ar (gate, court) from their right. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16I also will do this unto you: I will even visit upon you terror, wasting disease, and the burning fever, that shall consume the eyes, and drain the nefesh: and ye shall sow your zera in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Deuteronomy 28:38Thou shalt carry much zera out into the sadeh, and shalt gather but little in; for the arbeh shall devour it.

Isaiah 5:7For the Kerem Hashem Tzva'os 1 is Bais Yisroel, 1 and the Ish Yehudah 1 are the planting of His delight; 1 and He looked for mishpat (justice), 1 but, hinei, mishpach (bloodshed, rapaciousness); 1 for tzedakah, but, hinei, tze'akah (cry of distress). 1

Isaiah 65:21And they shall build batim (houses), and inhabit them; 1 and they shall plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit of them. 1

Hosea 9:2The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, 1 and the tirosh shall fail in her. 1

Amos 3:15And I will strike the bais hachoref with the bais hakayitz; 1 and the batim (houses) of ivory shall perish, 1 and the batim rabbim (great houses) shall have an end, 1 saith Hashem.

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 →

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