Amos 8:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

When

Be gone

Malachi 1:13

And the

Making

Micah 6:10

Falsifying the balances by deceit

Hosea 12:7

General references

Ezekiel 45:10

Bible References

When

Joyful occasions such as your New Moon Festivals and your other religious festivals, you are to blow the trumpets when you present your burnt offerings and your fellowship offerings. Then I will help you. I AM JEHOVAH YOUR GOD!

At the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to Jehovah: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect.

Why must you go today? Her husband asked. It is neither a Sabbath nor a New Moon Festival. She replied: Never mind.

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, and on our feast day.

Do not bring any more worthless grain offerings. Your incense is disgusting to me! So are your New Moon Festivals, your days of worship, and the assemblies you call. I cannot endure your evil assemblies!

Let no man judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

Be gone

And you say: 'We are tired of all this!' You turn up your nose at me. You offer the lame and the sick and even stolen animals, said Jehovah. Do you think I will accept that from you?

And the

Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.

In those days, I saw in Judah some who were crushing grapes on the Sabbath, and harvesting grain and putting it on Asses; as well as wine and grapes and figs and all sorts of goods that they took into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. I gave witness against them on the day when they were marketing food.

If because of the Sabbath, you turn your foot from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and you call the Sabbath a delight and the holy of Jehovah honorable, and honor it, desisting from your ways, from seeking your own pleasure and speaking your own word,

The mind of sinful flesh (fleshly thought) means death; but the mind influenced by the Spirit gives life and peace.

Making

Use honest scales, honest weights, and honest measures. I am Jehovah your God who brought you out of Egypt.

Do not have differing weights, a large and a small, in your bag.

A false scale balance is an abomination to Jehovah. A perfect weight is his delight.

Honest scales and balances are from Jehovah. He sets the standard for the weights of the bag.

Many and different weights are an abomination to Jehovah and a false balance is not good.

You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.

Is there a depository of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short measure that is cursed?

Falsifying the balances by deceit

Jehovah says: The merchants use dishonest scales. They love to cheat people.

General references

Do not steal.

In the business of trading goods for money, do no wrong to one another.

They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

You have despised my holy things and dishonored (profaned the Sabbath) the day to worship me.

You must have honest scales and honest dry and liquid measures.