 | John Howie - 1839 - 606 páginas
...displeasure.' Amos viii. I — V ' Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be...falsifying the balances by deceit? that we may buy i lie poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ?... | |
 | James Grahame - 1839 - 50 páginas
...swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon begone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may...ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balanees by deeeit? That ye may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shocs ; yea, and... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 598 páginas
...evening is shortened by retiring earlier than usual to rest. His language is that of the Jews of old: " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?"f To such ungrateful members of the visible Church, how affecting is the language of the Almighty... | |
 | Ferdinando Tracy Travell - 1841 - 338 páginas
...even to make the poor of the land to fall; saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sett corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, (that is, selling by scanty measure, and demanding an exorbitant price,) and falsifying the balances... | |
 | Alexander Smith Paterson - 1841 - 486 páginas
...thoughts about our worldly concerns are forbidden on the Sabbath. Amos viii. 5—" When will the new moons be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat 'f " G. That unnecessary conversation about our worldly aftairs is forbidden on the Sabbath. Isa. lviii.... | |
 | Christian - 1841 - 998 páginas
...and in the bond of iniquity. Amos represents irreligious persons as saying, ' When will the new-moon whi ?' and in Malachi, we find this representation of their feelings towards the service of God, ' Ye said... | |
 | 1841 - 224 páginas
...land-mark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance. Prov. xxiii. 10. (5) Amos viii. 5.— Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Ps. xxxvii. 21. The wicked bonoweth, and payeth not again. (6) Luke.xvi. 11. If, therefore, ye have... | |
 | John Arundel Chapman - 1934 - 256 páginas
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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... 
