Amos 8:6

Getting 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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In The King James Version

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

In Context

5Saying, 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;

7The Lord has taken an oath by the pride of Jacob, Truly I will ever keep in mind all their works.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.

Ezekiel 22:12In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Joel 3:6\3:1\For in those days and in that time, when I let the fate of Judah and Jerusalem be changed,

Amos 8:4Give 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,

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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