Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

¶ Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of [a]Israel, and for four, I will not turn to it, because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for [b]shoes.

They gape over the head of the poor, in the [c]dust of the earth, and pervert the ways of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to a maid, to dishonor mine holy Name.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:6 If he spare not Judah unto whom his promises were made, much more he will not spare this degenerate kingdom.
  2. Amos 2:6 They esteemed most vile bribes more than men’s lives.
  3. Amos 2:7 When they have spoiled him and thrown him unto the ground, they gape for his life.

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