 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...without the usual forms of lamentation, because of their number, or of theft enemies being so near. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, who devour their substance, and 5 make slaves of them all, Saying, When will the new moon be gone,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1805 - 332 pages
...caufe, and fpoil the foul of thofe that fpoiled them.' Amos viii. 4, 7. ' Hear this, O ye that fwallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail ; falfifying the balances by deceit, to buy the poor for filver, and the needy for a pair of fhoes,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 pages
...the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of them that spoil them. Amos viii. 4. o, 6, 7. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy even to make the poor of the land to fail, falsifying the balances by deceit, to buy the .poor for silver, and the needy for a pairof shoes, and... | |
 | William Newcome - 1809 - 418 pages
...Hear this, O ye that bruise the needy, And set yourselves to make the poor of the land to fail § : 5 Saying: When will the new moon be gone, that we may...set || forth wheat? * Making the ephah small, and * making the shekel weighty; And f falsify ing the deceitful balances: J Ilebr. add to pus. § Or,... | |
 | William Newcome - 1809 - 424 pages
...ye that bruise the needy, And set yourselves to make the poor of the land to fail § : 5 Saying: JO When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?...set || forth wheat? .* Making the ephah small, and * making the shekel weighty; And f falsifying the deceitful balances: J Hebr. add to pass. § Or, cease.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 pages
...his religion. It is in the Christian, as it was in the prophetic age ; there are some who . say, " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ; and the sabbath that we may set forth wheat f" They call the worship of God contemptible, and they say, " What a weariness is it ?'' They withhold... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is itichLry. Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new, moon be gone, that we may sell corn I and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - 1812 - 522 pages
...house of Israel ! and give ear, O house of the king ? execute judgment in the gates." " Hear this, ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the earth fail. Woeto the bloody city ! it is full of lies and robbery : the prey departeth not. The princes... | |
 | William Steel Dickson - 1812 - 522 pages
...\ and give ear, O house'of the king! execute judgment in the gates." • > .""'•• " Hear this, ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the earth fail. "Woe to the bloody city! it is full of lies and robbery: thte prey departeth not. The princes... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...a. stretched-out arm: therefore the Lord ihy God commanded thee 10 keep the sabbathday. Amosviii 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that w« may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel greal, and falsifying ihe balances... | |
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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... 
