Amos 8:7

Now the Lord has taken an oath by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds!

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In The King James Version

The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

In Context

6mixing the sweepings in with the wheat. Then we can buy the poor for money, the needy for a pair of shoes.

8Because of this won’t the land quake, and all its inhabitants mourn? Won’t the whole of it rise like the Nile, churn and subside like the Nile in Egypt?

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Cross References

Psalms 10:11The wicked say in their hearts that God has forgotten, has hidden his face, will see nothing.

Psalms 47:5God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

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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