Amos 2:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and now four— I will not take it back— Because they hand over the just for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals;

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria then deported the Israelites to Assyria and led them off to Halah, and the Habor, a river of Gozan, and the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because they did not obey the Lord, their God, but violated his covenant; they did not obey nor do all that Moses, the servant of the Lord, commanded. Sennacherib and Hezekiah.

Isaiah 10:2

Depriving the needy of judgment, robbing my people’s poor of justice, Making widows their plunder, and orphans their prey!

Isaiah 29:21

those who condemn with a mere word, Who ensnare the defender at the gate, and leave the just with an empty claim.

Ezekiel 22:13

See, I am clapping my hands because of the profits you extorted and the blood shed in your midst.

Joel 3:3

I will set signs in the heavens and on the earth, blood, fire, and columns of smoke;

Zechariah 11:5

For they who buy them slay them and are not held accountable; while those who sell them say, “Blessed be the Lord, I have become rich!” Even their own shepherds will not pity them.