Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who trample down the needy, and wipe out the poor of the land.
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In The King James Version
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 22:19Micaiah went on to say, “So listen to what the Lord says. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, surrounded by the whole army of heaven standing to his right and to his left.
Psalms 12:5“Because of the violence the helpless have suffered, and because of the groans of the poor, I will rise up to defend them,” says the Lord. “I will give them the protection they have been longing for.”
Psalms 56:1God, please be gracious to me, for people are persecuting me; my attackers fight against me all day long.
Proverbs 30:14There are some who have teeth like swords, incisors like knives, ready to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from society.
Isaiah 28:14So pay attention to the Lord's message, you scornful rulers who lead these people in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:21Listen to this, you foolish, stupid people, who have eyes but don't see, who have ears but don't hear.
Matthew Henry on Amos 8:2-4
The Vision of Summer Fruit. ( b. c. 785.) 1 Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God : there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. The great reason why sinners defer their… Read the whole commentary →