What does Amos 2:8 mean?
ESV: they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
NIV: They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.
NASB: And on garments seized as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
CSB: They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God they drink wine obtained through fines.
NLT: At their religious festivals, they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security. In the house of their gods, they drink wine bought with unjust fines.
KJV: 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.
NKJV: They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge, And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
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