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Amós 8:4

Listen to Amós 8:4
4 Oíd esto, los que pisoteáis a los menesterosos, y queréis exterminar a los pobres de la tierra,

Amós 8:4 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy
Like a man that pants after a draught of water when thirsty; and, when he has got it, greedily swallows it down at one gulp; so these rich men swallowed up the poor, their labours, gains, and profits, and persons too; got all into their own hands, and made them bondsmen and slaves to them; see ( Amos 2:7 ) ; these are called upon to hear this dreadful calamity threatened, and to consider what then would become of them and their ill gotten riches; and suggesting, that their oppression of the needy was one cause of this destruction of the land: even to make the poor of the land to fail;
or "cease" F1; to die for want of the necessaries of life, being obliged to such hard labour; so unmercifully used, their faces ground, and pinched with necessity; and so sadly paid for their work, that they could not live by it.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 (twbvl) "ad cessare faciendum", Mercerus; "et facitis cessare", Munster, Drusius.
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Amós 8:4 In-Context

2 y El dijo: ¿Qué ves, Amós? Y respondí: Una canasta de fruta de verano. Entonces el SEÑOR me dijo: Ha llegado el fin para mi pueblo Israel. Ya no volveré a dejarlos sin castigo.
3 Los cantos del palacio se convertirán en gemido en aquel díadeclara el Señor DIOS. Muchos serán los cadáveres; en todo lugar los echarán fuera en silencio.
4 Oíd esto, los que pisoteáis a los menesterosos, y queréis exterminar a los pobres de la tierra,
5 diciendo: ¿Cuándo pasará la luna nueva para vender el grano, y el día de reposo para abrir el mercado de trigo, achicar el efa , aumentar el siclo y engañar con balanzas falsas;
6 para comprar por dinero a los desvalidos y a los pobres por un par de sandalias, y vender los desechos del trigo?
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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