アモス書 8:6 JCB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:4-6

Amos 8:4-6. Hear, O ye that swallow up the needy That greedily and cruelly devour such as would have been objects of your compassion, had you been just and merciful as well as rich and great. He alludes to the greater fish swallowing up the lesser. To make the poor of the land to fail Either to root them out or to enslave them. Saying, When will the new- moon be gone This was one of their solemn feasts, the use of which they retained with their idolatrous worship; that we may sell... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

Israel nears its end (8:1-14)Just as the harvest comes to an end and the fruit is gathered into baskets, so Israel has come to its end and will be punished. Celebration will be turned to mourning, and hope will be replaced by despair. When the enemy attacks, the slaughter will be so extensive that bodies will lie unburied in the streets and fields for days (8:1-3).Amos returns to conditions in Israel to indicate that one reason for the nation’s downfall is the upper classes’ exploitation of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:6

buy the poor, &c. See note on Amos 2:6 . the poor = impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11 . the needy = a needy one. Hebrew. ebyon , as in Amos 8:4 . sell = sell [as good wheat]. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:6

"That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?"This reference to buying the poor for silver, etc., is probably a reference to forcing the poor into slavery, through their unjust laws, due to their having defaulted upon some minor and trifling debt."Sell the refuse of the wheat ..." This is a third device pointed out in this passage, used for swindling and defrauding the customer. They were: (1) false measurements; (2) false scales; and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:6

6. buy . . . poor for silver . . . pair of shoes—that is, that we may compel the needy for money, or any other thing of however little worth, to sell themselves to us as bondmen, in defiance of :-; the very thing which brings down God's judgment ( :-). sell the refuse of . . . wheat—which contains no nutriment, but which the poor eat at a low price, being unable to pay for flour. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 8:4-6

The sins of the people 8:4-6Non-visionary material followed the third vision (Amos 7:7-9), and non-visionary material follows the fourth vision (Amos 8:1-3). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 8:5-6

These oppressors were eager for the monthly festivals and the weekly Sabbaths to end so they could get back to work cheating their fellow countrymen to make big profits. These holidays were days of rest and worship, but the Israelite workaholics did not enjoy them, though they observed them as good religious people. They were anxious to enslave the needy in their debt so they could control them and use them for their own selfish ends (cf. Amos 2:6). Archaeologists have found at Tirzah the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 8:1-14

The Vision of the Ripe Fruit, followed by a Fifth Address1-3. The vision. 4-14. The address, denouncing dishonest traders (Amos 8:4-6), threatening earthquakes, eclipse, mourning, a painful sense of abandonment by God, an utter destruction of the superstitious (Amos 8:7-14).1-3. Notwithstanding the interference of Amaziah, the prophet finishes the recital of his visions.1, 2. Another play on words—qayits is the word for ripe fruit, and qçts for end. We might represent it by, ’A basket of ripe... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 8:6

(6) On this perverse straining of the Law, comp. Amos 2:6. Their money-making propensity was carried to such unscrupulous lengths, that they even sold the refuse of corn, little better than mere chaff. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 8:4-9

DOOM OR DISCIPLINE?Amos 8:4-9WE now enter the Third Section of the Book of Amos: chapters 7-9. As we have already treated the first part of it-the group of four visions, which probably formed the prophet’s discourse at Bethel, with the interlude of his adventure there (Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:3) -we may pass at once to what remains: from Amos 8:4 to the end of the book. This portion consists of groups of oracles more obscure in their relations to each other than any we have yet studied, and... read more