...; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the light from the poor of my people. — Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the lund to fail. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there и no place...

...The,wicked borrowed, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. Amos viii. 4, 5. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moou be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sahbath that we may set forth meat? making the ephah small,...

...their own ways, nor finding their own pleasure, nor speaking their own words. But the ungodly say, " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? " Some deny its moral obligation, — representing it as a piece of state policy, an invention of...

...new moon; which day was always held sacred by the Jews: in which the people ceased from business. ' When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn;' Amos, chap. viii. ver. 5; but Le Clerc will not allow e^ov Jjfta^ here to be a festival : yet the same...

...to the needy, therefore did God command the Prophet to intimate to the wicked, Amos, viii. 4—^6. " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make rums tyi Vian wa nttfw by ainan nmw •WK "0 in nanan : iai nan *w ny on^ mm on nn-ai; *a pnnn1? na*pn...

...it shall be opened," Ezek. xlvi, 1. And in the following remarkable passage of the prophet Amos, " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...corn, and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? " &c., chap. viii, 5. It appears from this passage, that though the law did not expressly require,...

...inflict vengeance on bribery. THE RIGHTS OF THE POOR, AMI THE PUNISHMENT OF OPPRESSORS. " Hear this, p ye that swallow up the needy, even to make " the poor...when will the new moon " be gone that we may sell core 1 And the Sabbath, that we " may set forth wheat, making the Ephah small and the Shekel " great,...

...? Yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath." They were weary of the sabbath, " saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may...corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" God employed various means to allure them to observe his sabbath. He appointed the best of teachers...

...words might he preached to them the next Sahhath." Acts xiii. 14, 15, Ifi. itf. 4*. " Hear this, <) ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor...of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon he gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sahhath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small...

...of the sanctuary ? If the Sabbath be irksome ; if it be a weariness ; if they say in their hearts, " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn...wheat ? making the ephah small, and" the shekel great ?" Their case is wretched indeed ! it is almost hopeless. Surely, with this temper of mind, they cannot...