Amos 2:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַל־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כָּל־מִזְבֵּ֑חַ וְיֵ֤ין עֲנוּשִׁים֙ יִשְׁתּ֔וּ בֵּ֖ית אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿal-bəgādîm ḥăbulîm yaṭṭû ʾēṣel kol-mizbēaḥ wə-yên ʿănûšîm yištû bêt ʾĕlōhêhem

Grammar Details

*wə-ʿal*: conjunction + preposition - and upon
*bəgādîm*: masculine plural - garments/clothes
*ḥăbulîm*: qal passive participle masculine plural - taken in pledge
*yaṭṭû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they stretch out/lay down
*ʾēṣel*: preposition - beside/near
*kol-mizbēaḥ*: masculine singular construct + masculine singular - every altar
*wə-yên*: conjunction + masculine singular construct - and wine of
*ʿănûšîm*: qal passive participle masculine plural - fined/penalized ones
*yištû*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they drink
*bêt*: masculine singular construct - house of
*ʾĕlōhêhem*: masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their gods/God

Word Meanings

*bəgādîm ḥăbulîm*: garments taken in pledge/clothes held as security/pawned clothing
*yaṭṭû*: they stretch out/they lay down/they recline
*ʾēṣel*: beside/near/next to
*mizbēaḥ*: altar/place of sacrifice
*yên ʿănûšîm*: wine of those fined/wine obtained from penalties/wine bought with fines
*bêt ʾĕlōhêhem*: house of their gods/temple of their God

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Amos 6:6 : 6 that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Exod 22:26-27 : 26 If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down: 27 for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
Deut 24:12-17 : 12 And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge; 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God. 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates: 15 in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee. 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 17 Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge;
Judg 9:27 : 27 And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Isa 57:7 : 7 Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Ezek 18:7 : 7 and hath not wronged any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
Ezek 18:12 : 12 hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezek 23:41 : 41 and sit upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou didst set mine incense and mine oil.
Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say unto their lords, Bring, and let us drink.
Amos 6:4 : 4 that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
1 Cor 8:10 : 10 For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat {G1519} things sacrificed to idols?
1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
1 Cor 10:21 : 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.

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