“and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their GodThe Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). they drink the wine of those who have been fined.”
— WEB
Amos 2:8
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“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.”
— KJV
“and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.”
— ASV
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Commentary
lay themselves . . . upon clothes laid to pledge--the outer garment, which Exo 22:25-27 ordered to be restored to the poor man before sunset, as being his only covering. It aggravated the crime that they lay on these clothes in an idol temple. by every altar--They partook in a recumbent posture of their idolatrous feasts; the ancients being in the habit of reclining at full length in eating, the upper part of the body resting on the left elbow, not sitting as we do. drink . . . wine of the condemned--that is, wine bought with the money of those whom they unjustly fined.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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