


Amos 5:11
Bible Versions
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.
Forasmuch {H3282} therefore as your treading {H1318} is upon the poor {H1800}, and ye take {H3947} from him burdens {H4864} of wheat {H1250}: ye have built {H1129} houses {H1004} of hewn stone {H1496}, but ye shall not dwell {H3427} in them; ye have planted {H5193} pleasant {H2531} vineyards {H3754}, but ye shall not drink {H8354} wine {H3196} of them.
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and extort from them levies of grain; although you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; and though you have planted pleasant vineyards, you will not drink their wine.
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.
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.
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