Amos 2:8
They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.Amos 2:8 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — આમોસ ૨:૮
- તેઓ દરેક વેદીની બાજુમાં ગીરવે લીધેલાં વસ્ત્રો પર સૂઈ જાય છે. અને તેઓ ઈશ્વરના સભાસ્થાનમાં આવતા લોકો પાસેથી દંડ તરીકે લીધેલા નાણાંનો દ્રાક્ષારસ પીએ છે.
- हिन्दी — आमोस २:८
- वे हर एक वेदी के पास बन्धक के वस्त्रों पर सोते हैं, और दण्ड के रुपये से मोल लिया हुआ दाखमधु अपने देवता के घर में पी लेते हैं।
In context
6The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;
7They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.
8They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9Yet I destroyed 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 out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
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