Amos 8:4

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Summary

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Hear

General references

Amos 8:6

Bible References

Hear

Now then hear the Word of Jehovah. You say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop words against the house of Isaac.

And he said, Hear therefore the Word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear to the Law of our God, people of Gomorrah.

Therefore hear the Word of Jehovah, scornful men who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not;

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. Jehovah has not sent you, but you make this people to trust in a lie.

General references

You shall not steal.

And if you sell anything to your neighbor, or buy from your neighbor's hand, you shall not oppress one another.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates.

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

You have despised My holy things, and have profaned My sabbaths.

You shall have a just balance, a just ephah and a just bath.

that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; and sell the chaff of the wheat?