Amos 2:8
And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods.
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- Amos 6:6 : 6 Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And `with' chief perfumes anoint `themselves', And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.
- Exod 22:26-27 : 26 if thou dost at all take in pledge the garment of thy neighbour, during the going in of the sun thou dost return it to him: 27 for it alone is his covering, it `is' his garment for his skin; wherein doth he lie down? and it hath come to pass, when he doth cry unto Me, that I have heard, for I `am' gracious.
- Deut 24:12-17 : 12 `And if he is a poor man, thou dost not lie down with his pledge; 13 thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God. 14 `Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates; 15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he `is' poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin. 16 `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death. 17 `Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;
- Judg 9:27 : 27 and go out into the field, and gather their vineyards, and tread, and make praises, and go into the house of their god, and eat and drink, and revile Abimelech.
- Isa 57:7 : 7 On a mountain, high and exalted, Thou hast set thy couch, Also thither thou hast gone up to make a sacrifice.
- Ezek 18:7 : 7 A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment,
- Ezek 18:12 : 12 The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!
- Ezek 23:41 : 41 And thou hast sat on a couch of honour, And a table arrayed before it, And My perfume and My oil placed on it.
- Hos 4:8 : 8 The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.
- Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, Who `are' in the mountain of Samaria, Who are oppressing the poor, Who are bruising the needy, Who are saying to their lords: `Bring in, and we do drink.'
- Amos 6:4 : 4 Who are lying down on beds of ivory, And are spread out on their couches, And are eating lambs from the flock, And calves from the midst of the stall,
- 1 Cor 8:10 : 10 for if any one may see thee that hast knowledge in an idol's temple reclining at meat -- shall not his conscience -- he being infirm -- be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to idols,
- 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Neither become ye idolaters, as certain of them, as it hath been written, `The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play;'
- 1 Cor 10:21 : 21 Ye are not able the cup of the Lord to drink, and the cup of demons; ye are not able of the table of the Lord to partake, and of the table of demons;
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12 The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away, A pledge he doth not return, And unto the idols he hath lifted up his eyes, Abomination he hath done!
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4 they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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17 For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
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18 Sour `is' their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.
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2 and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,
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11 Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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28 And I bring them in unto the land, That I did lift up My hand to give to them, And they see every high hill, and every thick tree, And they sacrifice there their sacrifices, And give there the provocation of their offering, And make there their sweet fragrance, And they pour out there their libations.
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6 For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
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7 And even these through wine have erred, And through strong drink have wandered, Priest and prophet erred through strong drink, They have been swallowed up of the wine, They wandered because of the strong drink, They have erred in seeing, They have stumbled judicially.
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12 A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!
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7 Therefore now they remove at the head of the captives, And turned aside is the mourning-feast of stretched-out ones.
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13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.
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3 And for My people they do cast a lot, And they give the young man for an harlot, And the young woman have sold for wine, That they may drink.
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2 And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
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39 And in their slaughtering their sons to their idols They also come in unto My sanctuary in that day to pollute it, And lo, thus they have done in the midst of My house,
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7 For this I am not propitious to thee, Thy sons have forsaken Me, And are satisfied by that which is not god, I satisfy them, and they commit adultery, And at the house of a harlot They gather themselves together.
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10 The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.
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3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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10 For while princes `are' perplexed, And with their drink are drunken, They have been consumed as stubble fully dried.
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9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.
11 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
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22 Wo `to' the mighty to drink wine, And men of strength to mingle strong drink.
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2 Floor and wine-press do not delight them, And new wine doth fail in her,
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8 The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.
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10 Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto the greatest, Every one is gaining dishonest gain, From prophet even unto priest, every one is dealing falsely.
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4 They give not up their habitual doings, To turn back unto their God, For a spirit of whoredoms `is' in their midst, And Jehovah they have not known.
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5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
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22 Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.
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6 Among the smooth things of a brook `is' thy portion, They -- they `are' thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?
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4 Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
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2 As their sons remember their altars and their shrines, By the green tree, by the high hills.
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13 And their wealth hath been for a spoil, And their houses for desolation, And they have built houses, and do not inhabit, And they have planted vineyards, And they do not drink their wine.
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8 and the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;