Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, 1 even to make the anivvei aretz (poor of the land) to fail, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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, Shema Devar Hashem: I saw Hashem sitting on his kisse, and all the Tzva HaShomayim standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.
Psalms 12:5Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail; 1 our lips are our own: who is Adon over us? 1
Psalms 56:1(For the director. Set to The Silent, Distant Yonah. Of Dovid. A mikhtam — when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat) 1
Proverbs 30:14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1
Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the Devar Hashem, ye scoffing anashim, 1 that rule HaAm Hazeh which is in Yerushalayim. 1
Jeremiah 5:21Hear now this, O Am Sakhal (foolish people) without understanding; 1 which have eynayim (eyes), and see not; 1 which have oznayim (ears), and hear not; 1
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 →