Amos 2:6KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 6 of 16
"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;"
In context
4Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the maid, to profane my holy name:
8And they lay down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned the house of their god.