Amos 2:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish Israel for the many crimes they have done. They sold honest people for a little silver. They sold the poor for the price of a pair of sandals.

Cross References

Joel 3:3

They threw lots for my people. They sold boys to buy a prostitute, and they sold girls to buy wine to drink.

Joel 3:6

“You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. That way you could take them far from their land.

Isaiah 29:21

(They lie about good people. They try to trap people in court. They try to destroy innocent people.)

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because the Israelites did not obey the Lord their God. They broke his agreement and did not obey everything that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. The Israelites would not listen to the Lord’s agreement, or do what it taught them to do.

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria took the Israelites as prisoners to Assyria. He made them live in Halah, on the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

Ezekiel 22:13

“‘Now look! I will slam my hand down and stop you! I will punish you for cheating and killing people.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor. They take away the rights of the poor and allow people to steal from widows and orphans.

Zechariah 11:5

Buyers kill their sheep and are not punished. Those who sell the sheep say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich!’ The shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.