Verse 6

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel,{H3478} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have sold{H4376} the righteous{H6662} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes—{H5275}

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 3:3 : 3 and have cast{H3032} lots{H1486} for my people,{H5971} and have given{H5414} a boy{H3206} for a harlot,{H2181} and sold{H4376} a girl{H3207} for wine,{H3196} that they may drink.{H8354}
  • Amos 5:11-12 : 11 Forasmuch{H3282} therefore as ye trample{H1318} upon the poor,{H1800} and take{H3947} exactions{H4864} from him of wheat:{H1250} ye have built{H1129} houses{H1004} of hewn stone,{H1496} but ye shall not dwell{H3427} in them; ye have planted{H5193} pleasant{H2531} vineyards,{H3754} but ye shall not drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} thereof. 12 For I know{H3045} how manifold{H7227} are your transgressions,{H6588} and how mighty{H6099} are your sins—{H2403} ye that afflict{H6887} the just,{H6662} that take{H3947} a bribe,{H3724} and that turn aside{H5186} the needy{H34} in the gate{H8179} [from their right].
  • Mic 3:2-3 : 2 ye who hate{H8130} the good,{H2896} and love{H157} the evil;{H7451} who pluck off{H1497} their skin{H5785} from off them, and their flesh{H7607} from off their bones;{H6106} 3 who also eat{H398} the flesh{H7607} of my people,{H5971} and flay{H6584} their skin{H5785} from off them, and break{H6476} their bones,{H6106} and chop them in pieces,{H6566} as for the pot,{H5518} and as flesh{H1320} within{H8432} the caldron.{H7037}
  • 2 Kgs 18:12 : 12 because they obeyed{H8085} not the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} but transgressed{H5674} his covenant,{H1285} even all that Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of Jehovah{H3068} commanded,{H6680} and would not hear{H8085} it, nor do{H6213} it.
  • Isa 5:22-23 : 22 Woe{H1945} unto them that are mighty{H1368} to drink{H8354} wine,{H3196} and men{H582} of strength{H2428} to mingle{H4537} strong drink;{H7941} 23 that justify{H6663} the wicked{H7563} for{H6118} a bribe,{H7810} and take away{H5493} the righteousness{H6666} of the righteous{H6662} from him!
  • Isa 29:21 : 21 that make a man{H120} an offender{H2398} in [his] cause,{H1697} and lay a snare{H6983} for him that reproveth{H3198} in the gate,{H8179} and turn aside{H5186} the just{H6662} with a thing of nought.{H8414}
  • Ezek 23:5-9 : 5 And Oholah{H170} played the harlot{H2181} when she was mine;{H8478} and she doted{H5689} on her lovers,{H157} on the Assyrians{H804} [her] neighbors,{H7138} 6 who were clothed{H3847} with blue,{H8504} governors{H6346} and rulers,{H5461} all of them desirable{H2531} young men,{H970} horsemen{H6571} riding{H7392} upon horses.{H5483} 7 And she bestowed{H5414} her whoredoms{H8457} upon them, the choicest{H4005} men{H1121} of Assyria{H804} all of them; and on whomsoever she doted,{H5689} with all their idols{H1544} she defiled{H2930} herself. 8 Neither hath she left{H5800} her whoredoms{H8457} since [the days of] Egypt;{H4714} for in her youth{H5271} they lay{H7901} with her, and they handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of her virginity;{H1331} and they poured{H8210} out their whoredom{H8457} upon her. 9 Wherefore I delivered{H5414} her into the hand{H3027} of her lovers,{H157} into the hand{H3027} of the Assyrians,{H1121} upon whom she doted.{H5689}
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear{H8085} the word{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} ye children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} for Jehovah{H3068} hath a controversy{H7379} with the inhabitants{H3427} of the land,{H776} because there is no truth,{H571} nor goodness,{H2617} nor knowledge{H1847} of God{H430} in the land.{H776} 2 There is nought but swearing{H422} and breaking faith,{H3584} and killing,{H7523} and stealing,{H1589} and committing adultery;{H5003} they break out,{H6555} and blood{H1818} toucheth{H5060} blood.{H1818}
  • Hos 4:11-14 : 11 Whoredom{H2184} and wine{H3196} and new wine{H8492} take away{H3947} the understanding.{H3820} 12 My people{H5971} ask{H7592} counsel at their stock,{H6086} and their staff{H4731} declareth{H5046} unto them; for the spirit{H7307} of whoredom{H2183} hath caused them to err,{H8582} and they have played the harlot,{H2181} [departing] from under their God.{H430} 13 They sacrifice{H2076} upon the tops{H7218} of the mountains,{H2022} and burn incense{H6999} upon the hills,{H1389} under oaks{H437} and poplars{H3839} and terebinths,{H424} because the shadow{H6738} thereof is good:{H2896} therefore your daughters{H1323} play the harlot,{H2181} and your brides{H3618} commit adultery.{H5003} 14 I will not punish{H6485} your daughters{H1323} when they play the harlot,{H2181} nor your brides{H3618} when they commit adultery;{H5003} for [the men] themselves go apart{H6504} with harlots,{H2181} and they sacrifice{H2076} with the prostitutes;{H6948} and the people{H5971} that doth not understand{H995} shall be overthrown.{H3832}
  • Hos 7:7-9 : 7 They are all hot{H2552} as an oven,{H8574} and devour{H398} their judges;{H8199} all their kings{H4428} are fallen:{H5307} there is none among them that calleth{H7121} unto me. 8 Ephraim,{H669} he mixeth{H1101} himself among the peoples;{H5971} Ephraim{H669} is a cake{H5692} not turned.{H2015} 9 Strangers{H2114} have devoured{H398} his strength,{H3581} and he knoweth{H3045} [it] not: yea, gray hairs{H7872} are here and there{H2236} upon him, and he knoweth{H3045} [it] not. 10 And the pride{H1347} of Israel{H3478} doth testify{H6030} to his face:{H6440} yet they have not returned{H7725} unto Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} nor sought{H1245} him, for all this.
  • Hos 8:4-6 : 4 They have set up kings,{H4427} but not by me; they have made princes,{H7786} and I knew{H3045} it not: of their silver{H3701} and their gold{H2091} have they made{H6213} them idols,{H6091} that they may be cut off.{H3772} 5 He hath cast{H2186} off thy calf,{H5695} O Samaria;{H8111} mine anger{H639} is kindled{H2734} against them: how long will it be ere{H3808} they attain{H3201} to innocency?{H5356} 6 For from Israel{H3478} is even this; the workman{H2796} made{H6213} it, and it is no God;{H430} yea, the calf{H5695} of Samaria{H8111} shall be broken in pieces.{H7616}
  • Hos 13:2-3 : 2 And now they sin{H2398} more and more,{H3254} and have made{H6213} them molten images{H4541} of their silver,{H3701} even idols{H6091} according to their own understanding,{H8394} all of them the work{H4639} of the craftsmen:{H2796} they say{H559} of them, Let the men{H120} that sacrifice{H2076} kiss{H5401} the calves.{H5695} 3 Therefore they shall be as the morning{H1242} cloud,{H6051} and as the dew{H2919} that passeth early{H7925} away,{H1980} as the chaff{H4671} that is driven with the whirlwind{H5590} out of the threshing-floor,{H1637} and as the smoke{H6227} out of the chimney.{H699}
  • Mic 6:10-16 : 10 Are there{H786} yet treasures{H214} of wickedness{H7562} in the house{H1004} of the wicked,{H7563} and a scant{H7332} measure{H374} that is abominable?{H2194} 11 Shall I be pure{H2135} with wicked{H7562} balances,{H3976} and with a bag{H3599} of deceitful{H4820} weights?{H68} 12 For the rich men{H6223} thereof are full{H4390} of violence,{H2555} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof have spoken{H1696} lies,{H8267} and their tongue{H3956} is deceitful{H7423} in their mouth.{H6310} 13 Therefore I also have smitten{H2470} thee with a grievous wound;{H5221} I have made thee desolate{H8074} because of thy sins.{H2403} 14 Thou shalt eat,{H398} but not be satisfied;{H7646} and thy humiliation{H3445} shall be in the midst{H7130} of thee: and thou shalt put away,{H5253} but shalt not save;{H6403} and that which thou savest{H6403} will I give up{H5414} to the sword.{H2719} 15 Thou shalt sow,{H2232} but shalt not reap;{H7114} thou shalt tread{H1869} the olives,{H2132} but shalt not anoint{H5480} thee with oil;{H8081} and the vintage,{H8492} but shalt not drink{H8354} the wine.{H8492} 16 For the statutes{H2708} of Omri{H6018} are kept,{H8104} and all the works{H4639} of the house{H1004} of Ahab,{H256} and ye walk{H3212} in their counsels;{H4156} that I may make{H5414} thee a desolation,{H8047} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof a hissing:{H8322} and ye shall bear{H5375} the reproach{H2781} of my people.{H5971}
  • 2 Kgs 17:7-9 : 7 And it was so, because the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} had sinned{H2398} against Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} who brought them up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} from under the hand{H3027} of Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} and had feared{H3372} other{H312} gods,{H430} 8 and walked{H3212} in the statutes{H2708} of the nations,{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} cast out{H3423} from before{H6440} the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and of the kings{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} which they made.{H6213} 9 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did secretly{H2644} things{H1697} that were not right against Jehovah{H3068} their God:{H430} and they built{H1129} them high places{H1116} in all their cities,{H5892} from the tower{H4026} of the watchmen{H5341} to the fortified{H4013} city;{H5892} 10 and they set them up{H5324} pillars{H4676} and Asherim{H842} upon every high{H1364} hill,{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree;{H6086} 11 and there they burnt incense{H6999} in all the high places,{H1116} as did the nations{H1471} whom Jehovah{H3068} carried away{H1540} before{H6440} them; and they wrought{H6213} wicked{H7451} things{H1697} to provoke Jehovah{H3068} to anger;{H3707} 12 and they served{H5647} idols,{H1544} whereof Jehovah{H3068} had said{H559} unto them, Ye shall not do{H6213} this thing.{H1697} 13 Yet Jehovah{H3068} testified{H5749} unto Israel,{H3478} and unto Judah,{H3063} by{H3027} every prophet,{H5030} and every seer,{H2374} saying,{H559} Turn{H7725} ye from your evil{H7451} ways,{H1870} and keep{H8104} my commandments{H4687} and my statutes,{H2708} according to all the law{H8451} which I commanded{H6680} your fathers,{H1} and which I sent{H7971} to you by{H3027} my servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 14 Notwithstanding, they would not hear,{H8085} but hardened{H7185} their neck,{H6203} like to the neck{H6203} of their fathers,{H1} who believed{H539} not in Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 15 And they rejected{H3988} his statutes,{H2706} and his covenant{H1285} that he made{H3772} with their fathers,{H1} and his testimonies{H5715} which he testified{H5749} unto them; and they followed{H3212} vanity,{H1892} and became vain,{H1891} and [went] after{H310} the nations{H1471} that were round about{H5439} them, concerning whom Jehovah{H3068} had charged{H6680} them that they should not do{H6213} like them. 16 And they forsook{H5800} all the commandments{H4687} of Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and made{H6213} them molten images,{H4541} even two{H8147} calves,{H5695} and made{H6213} an Asherah,{H842} and worshipped{H7812} all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and served{H5647} Baal.{H1168} 17 And they caused their sons{H1121} and their daughters{H1323} to pass{H5674} through the fire,{H784} and used{H7080} divination{H7081} and enchantments,{H5172} and sold{H4376} themselves to do{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah,{H3068} to provoke him to anger.{H3707} 18 Therefore Jehovah{H3068} was very{H3966} angry{H599} with Israel,{H3478} and removed{H5493} them out of his sight:{H6440} there was none left{H7604} but the tribe{H7626} of Judah{H3063} only.
  • Amos 6:3-7 : 3 —ye that put far away{H5077} the evil{H7451} day,{H3117} and cause the seat{H7675} of violence{H2555} to come near;{H5066} 4 that lie{H7901} upon beds{H4296} of ivory,{H8127} and stretch{H5628} themselves upon their couches,{H6210} and eat{H398} the lambs{H3733} out of the flock,{H6629} and the calves{H5695} out of the midst{H8432} of the stall;{H4770} 5 that sing{H6527} idle songs to the sound{H6310} of the viol;{H5035} that invent{H2803} for themselves instruments{H3627} of music,{H7892} like David;{H1732} 6 that drink{H8354} wine{H3196} in bowls,{H4219} and anoint{H4886} themselves with the chief{H7225} oils;{H8081} but they are not grieved{H2470} for the affliction{H7667} of Joseph.{H3130} 7 Therefore shall they now go captive{H1540} with the first{H7218} that go captive;{H1540} and the revelry{H4797} of them that stretched{H5628} themselves shall pass away.{H5493}
  • Amos 8:4-6 : 4 Hear{H8085} this, O ye that would swallow up{H7602} the needy,{H34} and cause{H7673} the poor{H6041} of the land{H776} to fail,{H7673} 5 saying,{H559} When will the new moon{H2320} be gone,{H5674} that we may sell{H7666} grain?{H7668} and the sabbath,{H7676} that we may set forth{H6605} wheat,{H1250} making the ephah{H374} small,{H6994} and the shekel{H8255} great,{H1431} and dealing falsely{H5791} with balances{H3976} of deceit;{H4820} 6 that we may buy{H7069} the poor{H1800} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes,{H5275} and sell{H7666} the refuse{H4651} of the wheat?{H1250}
  • Joel 3:6 : 6 and have sold{H4376} the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} and the children{H1121} of Jerusalem{H3389} unto the sons of the Grecians,{H3125} that ye may remove them far{H7368} from their border;{H1366}