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.


In Context

5 But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.|

6 Thus says Yahweh: |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;

7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;

8 and 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.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite 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.

10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.

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 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.