Amós 2:6

6 Esto es lo que dice el Señor
:
«¡Los habitantes de Israel han pecado una y otra vez
y no permitiré que queden sin castigo!
Venden por dinero a la gente honrada
y a los pobres por un par de sandalias.

Amós 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:6

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Israel
The ten tribes rent from the house of David in the times of Rehoboam, and who departed from the true worship of God, and set up calves at Dan and Bethel: and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
the following part of this prophecy is taken up in pointing at the sins and punishment of Israel; now the prophet is come to the main business he was sent to do: because they sold the righteous for silver;
meaning not any particular person, as Joseph sold by his brethren, for in that they were all concerned, Judah as well as the rest; nor Christ, as others ^F17, sold for thirty pieces of silver; since the persons here charged with it, and the times in which it was done, will not agree with that case; but the sense is, that the judges of Israel were so corrupt, that for a piece of money they would give a cause against a righteous man, and in favour of an unjust man that bribed them: and the poor for a pair of shoes;
that is, for a mere trifle they would pervert justice; if two men came before them with a cause, and both poor; yet if one could but give a pair of shoes, or anything he could part with, though he could not give money; so mean and sordid were they, they would take it, and give the cause for him, however unjust it was.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Vid. Galatin. Cathol. Ver. Arcan. l. 4. c. 24.

Amós 2:6 In-Context

4 Juicio de Dios contra Judá e Israel
Esto es lo que dice el Señor
:
«¡Los habitantes de Judá han pecado una y otra vez
y no permitiré que queden sin castigo!
Rechazaron la instrucción del Señor
y se negaron a obedecer sus decretos.
Se han descarriado por las mismas mentiras
que engañaron a sus antepasados.

5 Por lo tanto, haré caer fuego sobre Judá
y todas las fortalezas de Jerusalén serán destruidas».

6 Esto es lo que dice el Señor
:
«¡Los habitantes de Israel han pecado una y otra vez
y no permitiré que queden sin castigo!
Venden por dinero a la gente honrada
y a los pobres por un par de sandalias.

7 Pisotean en el polvo a los indefensos
y quitan a los oprimidos del camino.
Tanto el padre como el hijo se acuestan con la misma mujer
y así profanan mi santo nombre.

8 En sus festivales religiosos
están a sus anchas usando la ropa que sus deudores dejaron en garantía.
En la casa de sus dioses
beben vino comprado con dinero de multas injustas.