Amos 8:6

That we may buy the poor for kesef, 1 and the needy for a pair of sandals; 1 yea, and sell the sweepings with the wheat? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

In Context

5Saying, When will the Rosh Chodesh be over, 1 that we may sell grain? 1 And Shabbos, that we may market wheat, 1 making the eifah (bushel) small, and the shekel great, 1 and falsifying the balances by mirmah (deceit)? 1

7Hashem hath sworn by the ga'on Ya'akov, 1 Surely I will never forget any of their ma'asim. 1

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Cross References

Nehemiah 5:1And there was a great outcry of HaAm and of their nashim against their achim the Yehudim.

Ezekiel 22:12In thee have they taken shochad (bribe) for shefach dahm; thou hast taken neshekh (usury) and tarbit (interest), and thou hast unjustly profited from thy neighbors by oshek (oppression, extortion), and hast forgotten Me, saith Adonoi Hashem.

Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, 1 even to make the anivvei aretz (poor of the land) to fail, 1

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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