| Amos 2:8
| And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.
| Altar. Herein they offended doubly, (Exodus 22:26.) as they used the garments of others to hide their shameful actions, 4 Kings 23:7. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "and tying up their garments with cords, they made veils touching the altar, and drank wine procured by calumnies," (Haydock) or "rapine," etc. (Chaldean) --- Condemned by them unjustly, though some think that a very delicious and intoxicating wine is meant, such as was given to people in grief, Proverbs 31:6., and Mark 15:23. Helena learnt in Egypt how to compose such wine. (Homer, Odyssey iv.) --- Feasting in temples on carpets was an ancient custom.
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