Study it in the app“Thus says YHWH: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke it; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.”
ThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWH:יְהוָהForעַלthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהtransgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand forוְעַלfour,אַרְבָּעָהI will notלֹאrevoke it;אֲשִׁיבֶנּוּbecauseעַלthey sellמִכְרָםthe righteousצַדִּיקfor silver,בַּכֶּסֶףand the needyוְאֶבְיוֹןforבַּעֲבוּרa pair of sandals.נַעֲלָיִם
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pishe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “ashive” appearssell
To give something or someone to another in exchange for payment.
Where else “michra” appearsrighteous
Someone who lives uprightly; also YHWH.
Where else “tsadik” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearsneedy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appearssandal
Sandal.
Where else “naalayim” appears5And I will send fire on Judah, and it will devour the citadels of Jerusalem.
6 · This verse (above)
7They who pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go to the same girl, so as to profane my holy name.
