Amos 5:11

Poverty and the vulnerable Justice Money and wealth

⁹ That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

¹⁰ They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

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.

¹² For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

¹³ Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
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Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
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Deuteronomy 28:30
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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James 2:6
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
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Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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Revelation 11:8–10
And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
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Micah 3:1–3
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
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