Amos 2:6

New Living Translation

This is what the Lord says: “The people of Israel have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sell honorable people for silver and poor people for a pair of sandals.

Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

At that time the king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and placed them in colonies in Halah, along the banks of the Habor River in Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:12

For they refused to listen to the Lord their God and obey him. Instead, they violated his covenant—all the laws that Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded them to obey.

Isaiah 10:2

They deprive the poor of justice and deny the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and take advantage of orphans.

Isaiah 29:21

Those who convict the innocent by their false testimony will disappear. A similar fate awaits those who use trickery to pervert justice and who tell lies to destroy the innocent.

Ezekiel 22:13

“But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed.

Joel 3:3

They threw dice to decide which of my people would be their slaves. They traded boys to obtain prostitutes and sold girls for enough wine to get drunk.

Joel 3:6

You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.

Zechariah 11:5

The buyers slaughter their sheep without remorse. The sellers say, ‘Praise the Lord! Now I’m rich!’ Even the shepherds have no compassion for them.