Amos 2:6

New Century Version

This is what the Lord says: “For the many crimes of Israel, I will punish them. For silver, they sell people who have done nothing wrong; they sell the poor to buy a pair of sandals.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

The king of Assyria took the Israelites away to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:12

This happened because they did not obey the Lord their God. They broke his agreement and did not obey all that Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded. They would not listen to the commands or do them.

Isaiah 10:2

They are not fair to the poor, and they rob my people of their rights. They allow people to steal from widows and to take from orphans what really belongs to them.

Isaiah 29:21

those who lie about others in court, those who trap people in court, those who lie and take justice from innocent people in court.

Ezekiel 22:13

“ ‘So, Jerusalem, I will shake my fist at you for stealing money and for murdering people.

Joel 3:3

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

Joel 3:6

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks so that you could send them far from their land.

Zechariah 11:5

Their buyers kill them and are not punished. Those who sell them say, ‘Praise the Lord, I am rich.’ Even the shepherds don’t feel sorry for their sheep.