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Amos 8:7
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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. 
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Amos 8:7

By the excellency of Jacob - that is, by Himself who was its Glory, as Samuel calls Him "the Strength" I Samuel 15:29 or the Glory of Israel. Amos had before said, "God sware by His Holiness" and "by Himself" or "His soul." Now, in like way, He pledges that Glory wherewith He was become the Glory of His people. He reminds them, who was the sole Source of their glory; not their calves, but Himself, their Creator; and that He would not forget their deeds. "I will not forget any," literally, "all;" as David and Paul say, "all flesh," all living men, "shall not be justified," that is, none, no one, neither the whole nor any of its parts. Amos brings before the mind all their actions, and then says of all and each, the Lord will not forget them. God must cease to be God, if He did not do what He sware to do, punish the oppressors and defrauders of the poor.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Amos 8:7:

Isaiah 25:8
Amos 6:8
Zephaniah 2:9
1 Corinthians 15:54

 

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