‘If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest.
Amos 2:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God they drink wine obtained through fines. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they lay themselves down beside every [pagan] altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge [for indebtedness], and in the house of their God [in daring contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those [unjustly] fined. American Standard Version (1901) and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined. Common English Bible They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in loan; in the house of their god they drink wine bought with fines they imposed. Catholic Public Domain Version And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar. And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God. |
‘If you lend silver to my people, to the poor person among you, you must not be like a creditor to him; you must not charge him interest.
You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; you also went up there to offer sacrifice.
and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,
He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
You sat on a luxurious couch with a table spread before it, on which you had set my incense and oil.
They feed on the sin of my people; they have an appetite for their iniquity.
They do not cry to me from their hearts; rather, they wail on their beds. They slash themselves , for grain and new wine; they turn away from me.
I will punish the altars of Bethel on the day I punish Israel for its crimes; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’
They lie on beds inlaid with ivory, sprawled out on their couches, and dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.
They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party. ,,
For if someone sees you, the one who has knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, won’t his weak conscience be encouraged to eat food offered to idols?
So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.