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The Trial of Israel

For Three Crimes of Israel

Thus says the Lord:

For three crimes of Israel, and for four,
    I will not revoke my decree.
They sell righteous people for silver
    and the poor for a pair of sandals.
They have trampled the heads of the poor
    into the dust of the earth
    and thrust the lowly out of their way.
Father and son lie with the same prostitute,
    profaning my holy name.
They lie down beside every altar
    upon garments acquired as surety,[a]
while drinking in the house of their God
    the wine purchased with the fines they impose.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 2:8 Surety: according to the law (Ex 22:25; Deut 24:12), a garment taken as a pledge must be restored before nightfall.