Amos 8:5

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, so that we may do trade in grain? and the Sabbath, so that we may put out in the market the produce of our fields? making the measure small and the price great, and trading falsely with scales of deceit;

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In The King James Version

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

In Context

4Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

6Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:36Have true scales, true weights and measures for all things: I am the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt;

Numbers 28:11And on the first day of every month you are to give a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;

Deuteronomy 25:15But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

Nehemiah 13:15In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and getting in grain and putting it on asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods which they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.

Psalms 81:3\81:2\Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.

Proverbs 16:11True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Matthew Henry on Amos 8:5-11

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. ( b. c. 785.) 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget… Read the whole commentary →

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