This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. Cross References 2 Kings 18:11 The king of Assyria exiled the Israelites to Assyria and settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 2 Kings 18:12 This happened because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD their God, but violated His covenant--all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded--and would neither listen nor obey. Ezekiel 22:13 Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. Joel 3:3 They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink. Amos 5:11 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. Amos 5:12 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. Amos 8:6 Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!" Treasury of Scripture Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; Thus saith. For three. Amos 6:3-7 2 Kings 17:7-18 2 Kings 18:12 because. Amos 5:11,12 Amos 8:4-6 Isaiah 5:22,23 |