Amos 2:6
Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because they have sold—for silver—the righteous, and the needy—for a pair of shoes:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah,—which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:12because they hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh their God, but transgressed his covenant, all that Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded,—they neither hearkened nor performed.
Isaiah 10:2Turning aside from judgment, the poor, And robbing, of justice, the oppressed of my people,—So that, widows, become, their spoil, And of the fatherless, they make prey.
Ezekiel 23:5Then became Oholah unchaste after she had become mine- And lusted after her lovers, For Assyrians, so warlike,
Hosea 4:11Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.
Hosea 8:4They, have appointed kings, but not from me, have made rulers, but I have not acknowledged them: of their silver and their gold, they made themselves idols, to the end they might be cut off.
Joel 3:3And, for my people, they cast lots,—and gave a boy for a harlot, and a girl sold they for wine—and drank.
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 →