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Amos 8:5 KJV
Amos · chapter 8 · verse 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?Amos 8:5 · King James Version
Amos 8:5 in context
3And 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.
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, 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?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- sabbathshabbâthintermission, i.e the SabbathH7676 →
- Sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- forthpâthachto open wideH6605 →
- wheatbârgrain of any kindH1250 →
- ephahʼêyphâhan ephah or measure for grainH374 →
- smallqâṭônto diminishH6994 →
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God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them, I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luk 18:2) that neither feared God nor regarded man. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-10