Amos 2:6
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;”
Amos 2:6 — King James Version
Verse 6 of 16 in Amos chapter 2 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Amos 2:6 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;”
- American Standard Version
- “Thus saith559 Jehovah3068: For three7969 transgressions6588 of Israel3478, yea702, for four, I will not turn away7725 the punishment thereof4376; because they have sold the righteous6662 for silver3701, and the needy34 for a pair of shoes5275—”
Amos 2 — full chapter (King James Version)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of into lime: But I will send a fire upon , and it shall devour the palaces of : and shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the : And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: But I will send a fire upon , and it shall devour the palaces of . Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of , and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; That pant after the dust of the earth the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: 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. Yet destroyed I the before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. Also I brought you up from the land of , and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the . And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for . Is it not even thus, O ye children of ? saith the LORD. But ye gave the wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the deliver himself. And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.