Amos 2:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.

Young's Literal Translation
And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink [in] the house of their gods.

King James Bible
And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.

Hebrew
They lie down
יַטּ֔וּ (yaṭ·ṭū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend

beside
אֵ֖צֶל (’ê·ṣel)
Preposition
Strong's 681: A joining together, proximity

every
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

altar
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ (miz·bê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar

on
וְעַל־ (wə·‘al-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

garments
בְּגָדִ֤ים (bə·ḡā·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

taken in pledge,
חֲבֻלִים֙ (ḥă·ḇu·lîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 2254: To wind tightly, to bind, a pledge, to pervert, destroy, to writhe in pain

and in the house
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of their God,
אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

they drink
יִשְׁתּ֔וּ (yiš·tū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

the wine
וְיֵ֤ין (wə·yên)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

of the sanctioned.
עֲנוּשִׁים֙ (‘ă·nū·šîm)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Strong's 6064: To urge, to inflict a, penalty, to fine

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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