Amos 2:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the [strictly] just and uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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—

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD proclaims: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment, because they have sold the innocent for silver, and those in need for a pair of sandals.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Israel, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

Amos 2:6 Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

And the sovereign of Ashshur exiled Yisra’ĕ

2 Kings 18:12

because they did not obey the voice of יהוה  their Elohim, but transgressed His covenant – all that Mosheh the servant of יהוה  had commanded. And they did not obey nor do them.

Isaiah 10:2

to keep the needy back from right-ruling, and to take what is right from the poor of My people, that widows become their prey, and orphans their plunder.

Isaiah 29:21

those who make a man to sin in word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with empty reasoning.

Ezekiel 22:13

“And see, I shall smite My hand because of your greedy gain which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.

Joel 3:3

“And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a young man for a whore, and sold a girl for wine, and drank it.

Joel 3:6

and the people of Yehuḏ

Zechariah 11:5

whose owners slaughter them and feel no guilt, and their sellers say, ‘Blessed be יהוה, for I have become rich.’ And their own shepherds do not spare them.