Amos 5:11
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.Amos 5:11 in the real world
In what words
- בָּשַׁסbâshaçto trample down
- חֶמֶדchemeddelight
- גָּזִיתgâzîythsomething cut, i.e. dressed stone
- בָּרbârgrain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country
- מַשְׂאֵתmasʼêthproperly, (abstractly) a raising (as of the hands in prayer), or rising (of flame); figura
- יַעַןyaʻanproperly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate th
- דַּלdalproperly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
- נָטַעnâṭaʻproperly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mic 6:15, Deu 28:30, Zep 1:13, Jas 2:6, Rev 11:8–10, Hag 1:6, Amo 3:15–4:1, Mic 2:2