Amos 2:8
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
בֶּגֶד
beged
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
חָבַל
châbal
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 parturi...
שָׁתָה
shâthâh
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
רָשַׁע
râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
Key Terms in This Verse
רָשַׁע râshaʻ
to be (causatively, do or declare) wrong; by implication, to disturb, violate
Study H7561 →חָבַל châbal
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)
Study H2254 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →בַּיִת bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Study H1004 →Cross References
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;
And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
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