8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.


In Context

5 I will send fire upon Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem."

6 This is what the Lord says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 They trample on the heads of the poor as upon the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.

8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.

9 "I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

10 "I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led you forty years in the desert to give you the land of the Amorites.

Amos 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8and 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8and 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink in the house of their gods.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8And they lay themselves down on clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.