Amos 8:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Amos 8:5

3 And ^athe songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
^bThey shall be thrown out in silence.”

4 Hear this, you who¹ swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may¹ sell grain?
And ^athe Sabbath,
That we may trade wheat?
^bMaking the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by ^cdeceit,

6 That we may buy the poor for ^asilver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”

7 The Lord has sworn by ^athe pride of Jacob:
“Surely ^bI will never forget any of their works.

8 ^aShall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like¹ the River,
Heave and subside
^bLike the River of Egypt.

9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,
^a“That I will make the sun go down at noon,
And I will darken the earth in¹ broad daylight;

10 I will turn your feasts into ^amourning,
^bAnd all your songs into lamentation;
^cI will bring sackcloth on every waist,
And baldness on every head;
I will make it like mourning for an only son,
And its end like a bitter day.

11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But ^aof hearing the words of the Lord.

12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall ^anot find it.

13 “In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.

14 Those who ^aswear by ^bthe sin of Samaria,
Who say,
‘As your god lives, O Dan!’
And, ‘As the way of ^cBeersheba lives!’
They shall fall and never rise again.”

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Definitions of words in Amos 8:5:

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Moon {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Moon {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Scales {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Shekel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Shekel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Trade {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Ephah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Ephah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

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