Amos 5:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Bible Comments

the poor an impoverished one. Hebrew. dal, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.

burdens. exaction. Singular.

ye have built, &c. Reference to Deut. (Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39).

pleasant vineyards. vineyards of desire. wine. Hebrew. yayin. App-27.

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Amos 5:11

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 pleasantb vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.