 | George Bishop - 1703 - 598 Seiten
...tears of the oppressed, the wine of the condemned, which you drink, as the prophet complained of old, "Thus saith the Lord; for three transgressions of...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 680 Seiten
...into their history, we find the complaint but too just. Could it be said they returned to God when they Sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; •when they had trodden down the head of the poor in the dust of the earth; when they added whoredom, and incest,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 Seiten
...a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the 6 palaces of Jerusalem, not excepting even the temftle. Thus saith the LORD ; For three transgressions of...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; they perverted justice for the smallest present ; e-ven a 7 pair of shoes or sandals would draw them... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 426 Seiten
...murmuring is heard all over the place, and adds no small pleasure to it." No. 1140.— AMOS ii. 6. They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for A pair of shoes. MAILLET, (Lett. xp 86.) amongst othe.r articles which are carried before a bride on the day of marriage,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 Seiten
...Kirioth ; and Moab shall die in much horror, in the midst of the tumults and shrieks of war. II. 6 Because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. For that, upon every base and worthless bribe, they have yielded so far to he corrupted, as to sell... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 Seiten
...years before the earthquake. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, 1 will not turn away the punishment thereof: because...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn asiJe the way of the meek :... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1810 - 342 Seiten
...the bag of deceitful weights ;* and leads them into ways of oppression and cruelty, such as ' selling the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes,' &c. Amos ii. 6. I know not any sin in the world, but what this sin of self-seeking will set men upon,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - 428 Seiten
...murmuring is heard all over the place, and adds no small pleasure to. it." No. 1140.— AMOS ii. 6. They sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. . xp 86.) amongst other articles which are carried before a bride on the day of marriage, mentions... | |
 | 1815 - 614 Seiten
...the palaces of Jerusalem. 6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, 1 will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; 7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 Seiten
...of Esau ; and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. . HAPHTARAH VAU-YISHAP; AMOS, CHAP. II. Каю Omar. Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Israel,...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes: that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek;... | |
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Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes... 
