...hand patting her back. "You don't have to be sad, now our friend will have lots and lots of shoes." "...I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." (Amos 2:6 KJV) By Lynne Gaunt \ 11 That should we do next, Mom?" Whitney asked. "Alison W w and I finished...

...harlot, and went after other gods. ...and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink (Joel 3:3). . . . they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes (see Amos 2:6 and compare with Zech. 1 1:12-13). figuratively (to surrender); to be given over to death."7...

...— the 'cruellest form of pawnbroking. 'The next item in the indictment follows closely upon this. "They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." What but bondage and .slavery remained for the unfortunate from whom his all was thus taken ? Bondage,...

...have walked: 05 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 06 For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 07 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek:...

...shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. The Sins and Judgment of Israel 6. Thus saith the Lord (JHWH); For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; 7. That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek:...

...greatest share of God's anger was reserved for them, His people. He said God believed that they had "sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." Amos did not believe that the Jews were worse than their neighbors, but he believed that being chosen...