Āmósīshū 2:6

6 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , Yǐsèliè rén sān pān sì cì de fàn zuì , wǒ bì bù miǎn qù tāmende xíngfá . yīn tāmen wéi yínzi maì le yì rén , wéi yī shuāng xié maì le qióngrén .

Āmósīshū 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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Āmósīshū 2:6 In-Context

4 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , Yóudà rén sān pān sì cì de fàn zuì , wǒ bì bù miǎn qù tāmende xíngfá . yīnwei tāmen yànqì Yēhéhuá de xùn huì , bù zūnshǒu tāde lǜ lì . tāmen lièzǔ suǒ suícóng xūjiǎ de ǒuxiàng , shǐ tāmen zǒu mí le .
5 Wǒ què yào jiàng huǒ zaì Yóudà , shāo miè Yēlùsǎlĕng de gōngdiàn .
6 Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , Yǐsèliè rén sān pān sì cì de fàn zuì , wǒ bì bù miǎn qù tāmende xíngfá . yīn tāmen wéi yínzi maì le yì rén , wéi yī shuāng xié maì le qióngrén .
7 Tāmen jiàn qióngrén tóu shang suǒ méng de huī yĕ dōu chuí xián . zǔ aì qiābēi rén de dàolù . fù zǐ tóng yī gè nǚzi xíng yín , xièdú wǒde shèng míng .
8 Tāmen zaì gè tán páng , pū rén suǒ dāng de yīfu , wò zaì qí shang . yòu zaì tāmen shén de miào zhōng , hē shòu fá zhī rén de jiǔ .
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