Amos 5:11

Poverty and the vulnerable Justice Money and wealth

⁹ He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.

¹⁰ There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

¹² For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.

¹³ Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
KJV: Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
WEB: Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take taxes from him of wheat, you have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
ASV: Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
DARBY: Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them.
BLB: Therefore, because of your⁺ treading down upon the poor, and the tribute of grain you⁺ take from him—you⁺ have built houses of hewn stone, and you⁺ will not dwell in them; you⁺ have planted vineyards of delight, and you⁺ will not drink their wine.

ÅB: Derfor, fordi dere treder på den fattige og tar avgift i korn av ham, så skal dere ikke få bo i de hus av huggen stein som dere selv har bygget, og ikke få drikke vin fra de herlige vingårder som dere selv har plantet.
OTB: Derfor, fordi dere pålegger de fattige tung leie
og tar en avgift av korn fra dem,
selv om dere har bygd hus av hugget stein,
skal dere ikke bo i dem;
selv om dere har plantet herlige vingårder,
skal dere ikke drikke deres vin.
B1930: Derfor, fordi I treder på den fattige og tar avgift i korn av ham, så skal I ikke få bo i de hus av huggen sten som I selv har bygget, og ikke få drikke vin fra de herlige vingårder som I selv har plantet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
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Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
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Deuteronomy 28:30
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
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James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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Haggai 1:6
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
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Revelation 11:8–10
Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified.
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Micah 3:1–3
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
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Micah 2:2
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
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