AMOS 5:11

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.”

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Amos 5:11 Translation & Meaning

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Forasmuch יַ֣עַן Properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause Forasmuch
therefore לָ֠כֵן Properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles) therefore
as your treading בּוֹשַׁסְכֶ֞ם To trample down treading
is (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
the poor, דָּ֗ל Properly, dangling, i.e., (by implication) weak or thin poor
and ye take תִּקְח֣וּ To take (in the widest variety of applications) take
from מִמֶּ֔נּוּ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses from
him burdens וּמַשְׂאַת Properly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figuratively, an utterance; concretely, a beacon (as raised); a present (as taken), mess, or tribute; figuratively, a reproach (as a burden) burdens
of wheat: בַּר֙ Grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country wheat
ye have built בְּנִיתֶ֖ם To build (literally and figuratively) built
houses בָּתֵּ֥י A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) houses
of hewn stone, גָזִ֛ית Something cut, i.e., dressed stone hewn stone
but ye shall not וְלֹא Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
dwell תֵ֣שְׁבוּ Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry dwell
in them; ye have planted נְטַעְתֶּ֔ם Properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively) planted
pleasant חֶ֣מֶד Delight pleasant
vineyards, כַּרְמֵי A garden or vineyard vineyards
but ye shall not וְלֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
drink תִשְׁתּ֖וּ To imbibe (literally or figuratively) drink
wine יֵינָֽם׃ Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication wine
of them. יֵינָֽם׃ Wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication of them

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  • 9  That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

  • 10  They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  • 11  Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • 12  For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

  • 13  Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.




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