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The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:8

The prophet condemns the cruel luxury which, contrary to the Law, made the poor debtor's necessities minister to the rich man's pleasures. They lay themselves down upon; Vulgate, accubuerunt. Ewald translates, "they cast lots upon;" but the Authorized Version is supported by the highest authorities, and gives the most appropriate meaning. The Septuagint, with which the Syriac partly agrees, refers the clause to the immoralities practised in heathen worship, which the perpetrators desired... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:7

That pant after the dust of the earth - Literally, “the panters!” with indignation. Not content with having rent from him the little hereditary property which belonged to each Israelite, these creditors grudged him even the “dust,” which, as a mourner, he strewed on his head Job 2:12, since it too was “earth.” Covetousness, when it has nothing to feed it, craves for what is absurd or impossible. What was Naboth’s vineyard to a king of Israel with his “ivory palace?” What was Mordecai’s refusal... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:8

They lay themselves down - They condensed sin. By a sort of economy in the toil of sinning, they blended many sins in one; idolatry, sensuality, cruelty, and, in all, the express breach of God’s commandments. The “clothes” here are doubtless the same as the “raiment” in the law, the large enfolding cloak, which by day was wrapped over the long loose shirt , the poor man’s only dress besides, and by night was his only bedding Exodus 22:26-27. God had expressly commanded, “If the man be poor,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:6-7

Amos 2:6-7. For three transgressions of Israel Amos, having first prophesied against the Syrians, Philistines, &c., who dwelt in the neighbourhood of the twelve tribes, and who had occasionally become their enemies and oppressors; and having thus not only taught his countrymen that the providence of God extended to other nations, but conciliated attention to himself by such interesting predictions; “he briefly mentions the idolatries and consequent destruction of Judah, and then passes... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:8

Amos 2:8. They lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge The Jews as well as the Romans used to lie along at their meals on couches, as appears by this verse, compared with Amos 6:4: a custom which was continued in after times as is evident by divers passages in the gospels, read in the original, which speak, not of persons sitting, but lying down, or reclining, at meat. As the prophet here speaks of their laying themselves down by every altar, it is manifest he refers to the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

Judgment on Israel (2:6-16)Israel is corrupt, socially, morally and religiously. Judges and officials favour those who bribe them, with the result that the poor and the innocent receive unjust treatment. The rich lend to the poor, then take them as slaves when they cannot repay their debts, even though the debt may be as little as the price of a pair of sandals (6-7a).The wealthy seize the clothes of the poor as guarantees for the repayment of debts (even though the law of Moses prohibited the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:7

pant = crush. Hebrew. shaaph , A Homonymyn, meaning (1) to gasp or long for (Job 7:2 ; Job 36:20 , Psalms 119:131 .Ecclesiastes 1:5 .Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 2:24 ); (2) to crush (like shuph i n. Genesis 3:15 Rendered "swallow up" in Amos 8:4 .Job 5:5 .Psalms 56:1 , Psalms 56:2 ; Psalms 57:3 .Ezekiel 36:3 . So here it = crush. See Oxford Gesenius p. 983, vol. 2. Render: "crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth". the poor = impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:8

lay themselves down , &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26 . Deuteronomy 24:12 ), App-92 . every altar. The sin lay in the fact that the law of the one altar had been known as an ancient commandment as well as the law concerning the restoration of pledged garments. wine, Hebrew. Yayin. App-27 . of the condemned: or, exacted wine. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 2:7

"They that 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 go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name."Dust of the earth on the head of the poor ..." "Dust on the head" in ancient Israel was a sign of mourning; and the desire of the oppressors in this passage would appear to be their wish to exploit to the uttermost, and hence, bring them to mourning, the poor of the land. This whole clause appears to be merely a... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 2:8

"And they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God, they drink the wine of such as have been fined."Clothes taken in pledge ..." Jamieson has this:"Clothes refers to the outer garment, which Exodus 25:22-27 ordered to be restored to the poor man before sunset, as being his only covering. It aggravated their crime that they lay on these clothes in an idol temple."[34]Keil strongly disagreed with the position of Jamieson that these... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:8

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 2:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 2:8

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