...GOD : there shall be many dead bodies in every place ; they shall cast them forth with silence. 4 IT Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fall, 5 Saying, When will the new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn, and the sabbath, that we may...

...who fled in confusion. — This is Old Midsummer Day. Hear this, <) ye that swallow up the needy ; saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn 'j and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and...

...silence. 4 Hear this, ye that pant to oppress the needy, And to destroy the poor of the land, s That say, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn,...forth wheat, ' Making the ephah small, and the shekel heavy, And falsifying the balances for deceit ; a That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy...

...midst thereof: For they know not to do right, who store up violence and robbery in the midst thereof. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail ; saying — that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. The Lord hath sworn by...

...and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in. ^f 13 Hear, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail; making the ephah small nnd the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit: 14 The Lord hath...

...been made, that the Bible condemns the feeling of all such as say, " When will the Sabbath be gone, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great ?" Amos 8 : 5. May not the feelings with which the Sabbath is met, afford one of the tests by which...

...Lord God; there shall be many dead bodies in every place ; they shall cast them forth with silence. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ; making the eplmli small, and the shekel great, and • Ducas quotes from Die Scptuagiut; we have followed the...

...AMOS, after describing the punishment due to the crimes of the community, the text proceeds thus : " Hear this, " O ye that swallow up the needy, even "to make the poor of the land to fail"; that is to say, to be driven away, to be wanting, to be at»cnt, to he blotted out. But are there not...

...in the weight or measure of their goods, would do well to consider the words of the Prophet Amos—' Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, (that is, selling by scanty measure and demanding an exorbitant price) and falsifying the balances...

...of Amos there were those, who wearied with the restraints which the Jewish religion imposed, said, "when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell...corn, and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat." But eager as they were to break away from the law of the Lord, we hear God say in return, "The Lord...