Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 5
Amos 2:6-8
The Needy Sold for Sandals
The Poor Are Not Merchandise · Amos 2
Story guide: Amos indicts Israel's treatment of the needy, the humble, and the girl described in the text. The artwork focuses on economic exploitation.
Open this scene in the reader →6Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.”
7those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go in to the same girl, so as to profane my holy name.
8And on garments taken in pledge they stretch themselves out beside every altar, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those they have fined.
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