Amos 2:8

And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,—and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

7Who strive to bring the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and, the way of the oppressed, they pervert,—Yea, a man and his own father, go in unto the maid, to profane my holy Name!

9Yet it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks,—but I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:25If, silver, thou wilt lend unto my people—unto the humbled one by thee, thou shalt not be to him like one that lendeth on interest,—thou shalt not lay upon him interest.

Deuteronomy 24:12And, if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep in his pledge:

Isaiah 57:7On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch,—Even thither, hast thou gone up, to offer sacrifice;

Ezekiel 18:12The oppressed and the needy, hath treated with violence, Hath ruthlessly plundered, The pledge, hath not restored, But unto the manufactured gods, hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination, hath wrought;

Hosea 4:8The sin of my people, they do eat,—and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire.

Amos 6:4Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,—and eating the well-fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls:

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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