Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,
Leeser Tanakh
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 22:19And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord, I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right and on his left.
Psalms 12:5(12:6) Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord: I will grant safety to him for whom the other layeth a snare.
Psalms 56:1“To the chief musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, by David, a Michtham, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.” (56:2) Be gracious unto me, O God; for man longeth to swallow me up; all the time he oppresseth me fighting.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 5:21Do now hear this, O sottish people, who have no heart; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not;
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 →