Amos 2:8

They lie down beside every altar on clothes taken as pledges, 1 and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who were fined. 1

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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 trample on the heads of the poor as people trample on dust on the ground; 1 they push the oppressed away. 1 A man and his father sleep with the same girl 1 and so profane my holy name. 1

9Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, 1 whose height was like the height of cedars; 1 he was strong as the oaks. 1 Yet I destroyed his fruit above 1 and his roots below. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25If you lend money to any of my people among you who are poor, you must not be like a moneylender to him or charge him interest.

Deuteronomy 24:12If he is a poor man, you must not sleep with his pledge in your possession.

Isaiah 57:7You prepared your bed on a high mountain; 1 you also went up there to offer sacrifices. 1

Ezekiel 18:12This man oppresses the poor and needy, and he seizes and robs, and he does not return a pledge, and he lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits disgusting actions,

Hosea 4:8They feed on the sin of my people; 1 they are greedy for more of their wickedness. 1

Amos 6:4They lie on beds of ivory 1 and lounge on their couches. 1 They eat lambs from the flock 1 and 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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