Amos 2:6
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:12because that they have not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah their God, and transgress His covenant — all that He commanded Moses, servant of Jehovah — yea, they have not hearkened nor done [it].
Isaiah 10:2To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.
Ezekiel 23:5And go a-whoring doth Aholah under Me, And she doteth on her lovers, On the neighbouring Assyrians,
Hosea 4:11Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
Hosea 8:4They have made kings, and not by Me, They have made princes, and I have not known, Their silver and their gold they have made to them idols, So that they are cut off.
Joel 3:3And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
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 →