Amos 2:6
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Judgment oracles continue against Ammon and Moab, then turn to Judah and most elaborately to Israel. Israel has sold the righteous for silver, perverted the ways of the humble, engaged in immorality at the altar, and drunk wine taken as …
Andere Übersetzungen
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—
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.
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;
Querverweise
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Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they …
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built …
The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove …