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They smear the poor in the dirt
and push aside
    those who are helpless.

My holy name is dishonored,
because fathers and sons sleep
    with the same young women.
They lie down beside altars
on clothes taken
    as security for loans.
And they drink wine in my temple,
wine bought with the money
    they received from fines.

(A) Israel, the Amorites[a] were there
    when you entered Canaan.
They were tall as cedars
    and strong as oaks.
But I wiped them out—
I destroyed their branches
    and their roots.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.9 Amorites: This word is used for all the people who lived in Canaan at the time Israel took over the land.

They trample on the heads of the poor
    as on the dust of the ground
    and deny justice to the oppressed.
Father and son use the same girl
    and so profane my holy name.(A)
They lie down beside every altar
    on garments taken in pledge.(B)
In the house of their god
    they drink wine(C) taken as fines.(D)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites(E) before them,
    though they were tall(F) as the cedars
    and strong as the oaks.(G)
I destroyed their fruit above
    and their roots(H) below.

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