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Amos 2

Amos 2:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And they lay themselves down
natah (Hebrew #5186)
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
KJV usage: + afternoon, apply, bow (down, - ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
Pronounce: naw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
upon clothes
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
laid to pledge
chabal (Hebrew #2254)
to wind tightly (as a rope), i.e. to bind; specifically, by a pledge; figuratively, to pervert, destroy; also to writhe in pain (especially of parturition)
KJV usage: X at all, band, bring forth, (deal) corrupt(-ly), destroy, offend, lab to (take a) pledge. spoil, travail, X very, withhold.
Pronounce: khaw-bal'
Origin: a primitive root
by
'etsel (Hebrew #681)
a side; (as a preposition) near
KJV usage: at, (hard) by, (from) (beside), near (unto), toward, with. See also 1018.
Pronounce: ay'-tsel
Origin: from 680 (in the sense of joining)
every altar
mizbeach (Hebrew #4196)
an altar
KJV usage: altar.
Pronounce: miz-bay'-akh
Origin: from 2076
, and they drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
of κthe condemned
`anash (Hebrew #6064)
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict a penalty, specifically, to fine
KJV usage: amerce, condemn, punish, X surely.
Pronounce: aw-nash'
Origin: a primitive root
in the house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of their god
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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or, such as I have fined, or, mulcted.

More on:

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Altar,
Gods; Goddess,
House,
Jeroboam II,
Pledge,
Wine

Cross References

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Ex. 22:26‑27• 26--If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment in pledge, thou shalt return it to him before the sun goes down;
 27for that is his only covering, his garment for his skin: on what shall he lie down? And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. (Ex. 22:26‑27)
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Deut. 24:12‑17• 12And if the man be needy, thou shalt not lie down with his pledge;
 13in any case thou shalt return him the pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his own upper garment and bless thee; and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
 14Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners who are in thy land within thy gates:
 15on his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and his soul yearneth after it; lest he cry against thee to Jehovah, and it be a sin in thee.
 16The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
 17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, or of the fatherless; and thou shalt not take in pledge a widow's garment. (Deut. 24:12‑17)
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Ezek. 18:7,12• 7and hath not oppressed any; he hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath not exercised robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and covered the naked with a garment;
 12hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination, (Ezek. 18:7,12)
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Amos 6:4• 4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall; (Amos 6:4)
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Isa. 57:7• 7Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither didst thou go up to offer sacrifice. (Isa. 57:7)
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Ezek. 23:41• 41and satest upon a stately bed, with a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hadst set mine incense and mine oil. (Ezek. 23:41)
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1 Cor. 8:10• 10For if any one see thee, who hast knowledge, sitting at table in an idol-house, shall not his conscience, he being weak, be emboldened to eat the things sacrificed to the idol? (1 Cor. 8:10)
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1 Cor. 10:7,21• 7Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
 21Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:7,21)
they drink.
Amos 6:6• 6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)
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Judg. 9:27• 27And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. (Judg. 9:27)
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Hos. 4:8• 8They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity. (Hos. 4:8)
the condemned.
or, such as have fined, or, mulcted.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And 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 condemnedb.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "those that are amerced."