Amos 2:8
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God, they drink the wine of the sanctioned.
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laid.

Exodus 22:26, 27
If you take your neighbor's cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset, . . .

Deuteronomy 24:12-17
If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession; . . .

Ezekiel 18:7, 12
He does not oppress another, but returns his pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. . . .

by.

Amos 6:4
You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches; You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

Isaiah 57:7
On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

Ezekiel 23:41
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil.

1 Corinthians 8:10
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

1 Corinthians 10:7, 21
Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: "The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry." . . .

they drink.

Amos 6:6
You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Judges 9:27
And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.

Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on iniquity.

the condemned.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

International Standard Version
They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.

NET Bible
They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!
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