 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 460 Seiten
...said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel : I will not again pass by them any more. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. Shall... | |
 | 1819 - 728 Seiten
...8th chapter and the 5th verse, when reproving the wickedness of his countrymen, represents them as "saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may...great, and falsifying the balances by deceit )" That is, reducing the size of the measure, by which they sold their corn; and increasing that of the weight,... | |
 | 1819 - 728 Seiten
...5th verse, when reproving the wickedness of his countrymen, represents them as "saying, when will Ihe new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the...great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ?" That is, reducing the size of the measure, by which they sold their corn; and increasing that of Ihe weight,... | |
 | 1819 - 488 Seiten
...like the gathering of the caterpillar ; as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon themb. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail ; saying, ' Mic. vi. 10, 11, 12. • Jer. v. 28. t Jer. is. 8, 9. • Psal. 1. 16. « Psal. 1. 18, 19: . J P»al.... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1820 - 660 Seiten
...forth ; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous ; therefore * wrong judgment proceedcth. ' Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor ' of the land to fail. ' Her (corruption's) priests have violated my law, and have profaned ' mine holy things : they have... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | 1842 - 1128 Seiten
...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... | |
 | David Jennings - 1823 - 654 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1823 - 308 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | James Grahame - 1823 - 346 Seiten
...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... | |
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, "When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying... 
