...money market, the age-old methods of enriching the rich and "making the poor of the land to fail": "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may sell wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances of deceit?" The...

...wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great,...

...moon is frequently spoken of in the same sense of sacreduess as the weekly Sabbath, as in Amos viii, 5 When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? There exists the same authority for the observance of the new moon that there is for observing one...

...implies that these were days of cessation from business : ' When,' he represents the greedy merchants as saying, ' when will the new moon be gone that we may...corn ? and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? ' and Hos. 21! [EV11] cites both new moon and Sabbath as festal seasons though of a different species...

...said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord. 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth...

...sureties of debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?" Amos 8, "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, — making the ephah small, and the shekel great (inflation), and falsifying the balances by deceit...

...flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall ... therefore shall they go captive (6:4-7). Or: Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail (8:4). In consequence, the Lord refuses their sacrifices: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I...

...cedars and painted with vermilion,' or of the businessmen who say, 'When will the new moon be gone, so that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may...making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and selling the refuse of the wheat?'"80 In place of his earlier outward-looking emphasis on addressing...

...not deceived, God is not mocked: For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6: 7 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail.... I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth...

...of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know judgement, who hate the good and love the evil?' 'Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, that ye may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.' 'Forasmuch, therefore, as...