Amos 8:4
Listen to this, you who trample the needy 1 and remove the poor of the land.
Unlocked Literal 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 22:19Then Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of Yahweh: I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven were standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Psalms 12:5“Because of violence against the poor, because of the groans of the needy, 1 I will arise,” says Yahweh. 1 “I will provide the safety for which they long.” 1
Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, God, for men are attacking me! 1 All the day long those who fight me press their assault. 1
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are swords, 1 and their jawbones are like knives, 1 so they may devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity. 1
Isaiah 28:14So listen to the word of Yahweh, you who mock, 1 you who rule over this people who are in Jerusalem. 1
Jeremiah 5:21'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding; 1 who have eyes but you cannot see, and you have ears but you cannot hear. 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 →