Amos 8:6
That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
Cross References
Nehemiah 5:1Now there was a great cry of the people, and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
Ezekiel 22:12They have taken gifts in thee to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours: and then hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.
Joel 3:6And the children of Juda, and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the children of the Greeks, that you might remove them far off from their own country.
Amos 8:4Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
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 →