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Amos 2:6

Listen to Amos 2:6
6 Ainsi parle l'Eternel: A cause de trois crimes d'IsraĂ«l, MĂȘme de quatre, je ne rĂ©voque pas mon arrĂȘt, Parce qu'ils ont vendu le juste pour de l'argent, Et le pauvre pour une paire de souliers.

Amos 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.
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Amos 2:6 In-Context

4 Ainsi parle l'Eternel: A cause de trois crimes de Juda, MĂȘme de quatre, je ne rĂ©voque pas mon arrĂȘt, Parce qu'ils ont mĂ©prisĂ© la loi de l'Eternel Et qu'ils n'ont pas gardĂ© ses ordonnances, Parce qu'ils ont Ă©tĂ© Ă©garĂ©s par les idoles mensongĂšres AprĂšs lesquelles leurs pĂšres ont marchĂ©.
5 J'enverrai le feu dans Juda, Et il dévorera les palais de Jérusalem.
6 Ainsi parle l'Eternel: A cause de trois crimes d'IsraĂ«l, MĂȘme de quatre, je ne rĂ©voque pas mon arrĂȘt, Parce qu'ils ont vendu le juste pour de l'argent, Et le pauvre pour une paire de souliers.
7 Ils aspirent Ă  voir la poussiĂšre de la terre sur la tĂȘte des misĂ©rables, Et ils violent le droit des malheureux. Le fils et le pĂšre vont vers la mĂȘme fille, Afin de profaner mon saint nom.
8 Ils s'Ă©tendent prĂšs de chaque autel sur des vĂȘtements pris en gage, Et ils boivent dans la maison de leurs dieux le vin de ceux qu'ils condamnent.

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