Amos 2:6

Good News Translation

The Lord says, “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They sell into slavery honest people who cannot pay their debts, the poor who cannot repay even the price of a pair of sandals.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

The Assyrian emperor took the Israelites to Assyria as prisoners and settled some of them in the city of Halah, some near the Habor River in the district of Gozan, and some in the cities of Media.

2 Kings 18:12

Samaria fell because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God, but broke the covenant he had made with them and disobeyed all the laws given by Moses, the servant of the Lord. They would not listen and they would not obey.

Isaiah 10:2

That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.

Isaiah 29:21

God will destroy those who slander others, those who prevent the punishment of criminals, and those who tell lies to keep honest people from getting justice.

Ezekiel 22:13

“I will bring my fist down on your robberies and murders.

Joel 3:3

They threw dice to decide who would get the captives. They sold boys and girls into slavery to pay for prostitutes and wine.

Joel 3:6

You have taken the people of Judah and Jerusalem far from their own country and sold them to the Greeks.

Zechariah 11:5

Their owners kill them and go unpunished. They sell the meat and say, ‘Praise the Lord! We are rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no pity on them.” (