These who [a]trample the head of the (A)helpless to the dust of the earth
Also (B)divert the way of the humble;
And a (C)man and his father [b]resort to the same [c]girl
So as to profane My holy name.
And on garments (D)seized as pledges they stretch out beside (E)every altar,
And in the house of their God they (F)drink the wine of those who have been fined.

“Yet it was I who destroyed the (G)Amorite before them,
[d]Though his (H)height was like the height of cedars
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I also destroyed his (I)fruit above and his roots below.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:7 Or pant for the dust...on the head of the helpless
  2. Amos 2:7 Lit go
  3. Amos 2:7 Possibly a prostitute, or a temple prostitute
  4. Amos 2:9 Lit Whose height

They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(A)
They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(B)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(C) taken as fines.(D)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(E) before them,
    though they were tall(F) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(G)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(H) below.

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