Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
burdens of wheat—burdensome taxes levied in kind from the wheat of the needy, to pamper the lusts of the great [HENDERSON]. Or wheat advanced in time of scarcity, and exacted again at a burdensome interest [RABBI SALOMON].
built houses . . . but not dwell in them . . . vineyards, . . . but not drink wine of them—according to the original prophecy of Moses (Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:38-39). The converse shall be true in restored Israel (Amos 9:14; Isaiah 65:21-22).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Amos 5:11:
Micah 6:15
Zephaniah 1:13
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