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Amos 2:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Amos 2:6-8
New Catholic Bible
The Trial of Israel
For Three Crimes of Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
I will not revoke my decree.
They sell righteous people for silver
and the poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They have trampled the heads of the poor
into the dust of the earth
and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
profaning my holy name.
8 They lie down beside every altar
upon garments acquired as surety,[a]
while drinking in the house of their God
the wine purchased with the fines they impose.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:8 Surety: according to the law (Ex 22:25; Deut 24:12), a garment taken as a pledge must be restored before nightfall.