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Amos 2:8 KJV
Amos · chapter 2 · verse 8
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.Amos 2:8 · King James Version
Amos 2:8 in context
6Thus 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;
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8And 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.
9Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- condemnedʻânashproperly, to urgeH6064 →
- clothesbegeda coveringH899 →
- pledgechâbalto wind tightlyH2254 →
- altarmizbêachan altarH4196 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
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Here is, I. The judgment of Moab, another of the nations that bordered upon Israel. They are reckoned with and shall be punished for three transgressions and for four, as those before. Now, 1. Moab's fourth transgression, as theirs who were before set to the bar, was cruelty.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8