Amos 8:4

Listen to this, you who trample on the needy, who oppress the poor of the earth,

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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

3The singing women in the palace will howl on that day, says the Lord: Corpses everywhere, thrown out in silence.

5saying: When will the feast of the new moon be over so that we may sell grain? And the sabbath ended so that we may offer wheat for sale? Reducing the measure and increasing the price, cheating with false scales,

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Cross References

Psalms 12:5“The poor are despoiled, and the needy are sighing; so now I will act,” the Lord declares “And place them in the safety they long for.”

Psalms 56:1O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.

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 →

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