Amos 2:8 - The Scriptures 2009

⁸ “And they lie down by every slaughter-place on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their mighty one they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And they lay themselves down beside every [pagan] altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge [for indebtedness], and in the house of their God [in daring contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those [unjustly] fined.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

Common English Bible

⁸ They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in loan; in the house of their god they drink wine bought with fines they imposed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar. And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.

Amos 2:8 Cross References

Exodus 22:25

“If you do lend silver to any of My people, the poor among you, you are not to be like one that lends on interest to him. Do not lay interest on him.

Isaiah 57:7

“On a high and lofty mountain you have set your bed. There, too, you went up to slaughter a slaughtering.

Ezekiel 18:12

if he has oppressed the poor and needy, has committed robbery, he does not return a pledge, has lifted his eyes to the idols, or did abomination,

Ezekiel 18:7

if he does not oppress anyone, does return to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, does give his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

Ezekiel 23:41

“And you sat on a splendid couch, with a table prepared before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

Hosea 4:8

“They eat the sin of My people, and lift up their desire to their crookedness.

Hosea 7:14

and did not cry out to Me with their heart when they wailed upon their beds. For grain and new wine they assemble themselves; they turn away from Me.

Amos 3:14

“For in the day I visit Yisra’ĕl for their transgressions, I shall also punish concerning the slaughter-places of Bĕyth Ěl. And the horns of the slaughter-place shall be broken, and they shall fall to the ground.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Shomeron, who are oppressing the poor, who are crushing the needy, who are saying to their masters, “Bring wine, let us drink!”

Amos 6:4

who are lying on beds of ivory, and are stretched out on your couches, and are eating lambs from the flock and calves from the midst of the stall,

Amos 6:6

who are drinking wine from bowls, and anoint with the finest ointments, yet they have not been pained over the breach of Yosĕph!

1 Corinthians 10:21

You are not able to drink the cup of the Master and the cup of demons, you are not able to partake of the table of the Master and of the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:7

And do not become idolaters as some of them, as it has been written, “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play.”

1 Corinthians 8:10

For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s place, shall not his conscience, if he is weak, be built up to eat food offered to idols?

Judges 9:27

and went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards and trod out, and held a feast. And they went into the house of their mighty one, and ate and drank, and cursed Aḇimeleḵ.