Amos 8:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, ”

Amos 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Here ye this, ye that swallow - Or, better in the same sense, “that pant for the needy;” as Job says, “the hireling panteth for the evening” Job 7:2 . They “panted for the poor,” as the wild bea...
Amos 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hear this, O ye that (c) swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, (c) By stopping the sale of food and necessary things which you have gotten into your own hands, and so caus...
Amos 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Development of the Theme of Amos 3. This section, which re-echoes Amos 2:6-8 , has been regarded as a conglomeration of rather loosely-connected fragments ( cf. G. A. Smith). The prophet addresse...
Amos 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

swallow up . devour. the needy . a needy one. Hebrew 'ebyon. See note on. poverty", Proverbs 6:11 . make. to fail . destroy, or cause to cease. the poor . meek ones. Hebrew 'amah, See note on...
Amos 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

And he assails by name the princes of the people, Hear this, he says, ye who tread upon or swallow up the poor The Prophets, as we have already stated, did not without reason direct th...
Amos 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy - Ye that bruise the poor; exact from them, and tread them under foot.
Amos 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

O ye that swallow up the needy— Ye that tread down the poor, and oppress the meek of the land. Houbigant.
Amos 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Hear this. The nobles needed to be urged thus, as hating to hear reproof. O ye that swallow up the nee...
Amos 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Ripe Fruit, followed by a Fifth Address 1-3. The vision. 4-14 . The address, denouncing dishonest traders ( Amos 8:4-6 ), threatening earthquakes, eclipse, mourning, a painful...
Amos 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye that swallow up ... — Better, ye that pant (or are greedy ) for the very ashes on their heads. Make... to fail. — Literally, make ... to cease: i.e., destroy.
Amos 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4 We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought to trace to its source the Word which came to the Man. It now re...
Amos 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Worst Famine of All Amos 8:1-14 What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the rapidity with whi...
Amos 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next vision, that of the basket of summer fruit, indicated the im minence of the judgment. Jehovah declared that the end was come, that He would not pass by them any more. This announcement was...
Amos 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When devotion itself is out of tune by the heart being under no influences of grace; alas! what a sacrifice of fools is then offered! Sabbaths are burdens, ordinances tiresome, prayer a drudgery, in...
Amos 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 swallow...
Amos 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Ver. 4. Hear this, ye that swallow up the needy ] That seep them up as drink (our word seep seems to come of t...
Amos 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O ye that swallow up the needy That greedily and cruelly devour such as would have been objects of your compassion, had you been just and merciful as well as rich and great. He alludes to the...
Amos 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. B. C. 785. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy...
Amos 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though the prophet had several times told them what were the sins for which God would thus punish Israel, yet on a repeated threat he repeateth the rehearsal of the sins which draw down these judgmen...
Amos 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision - The Vision Of The Basket Of Summer Fruit Indicating That Israel Were About To Be Harvested ( Amos 8:1-14 ). In his fourth vision Amos was shown a basket of summer fruit (e.g. f...
Amos 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 8:4 . Hear ] The nobles hated reproof. Swallow ] Heb. gape after, earnestly desire ( Job 7:2 ); pant after goods as wild beasts for prey. They sought to rid the land of a...
Amos 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:1 . A basket of summer fruit. The Lord would not wait till the vintage; he would cause their sun, as a nation, to set at noon, and rise no more. Amos 8:5 . That we may sell corn making t...
Amos 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy. Avarice I. It is execrable in its spirit. 1. It is sacrilegious. Bad as Israel was, it still kept up the mere observances of religion, yet these ob...
Amos 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 8:1-30 § 5. In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment. Explaining this revelation, Amos denounces the oppressio...
Amos 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, panting after the poor in their anxiety to destroy them and to grasp their property, even to make the poor of the land to fail, in order to take their pro...
Amos 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:19 ; Amos 2:6 ; Amos 5:11 ; Amos 7:16 ; Isaiah 1:10 ; Isaiah 28:14 ; Isaiah 32:6 ; Isaiah 32:7 ; James 5:6 ; Jeremiah 28:15 ; Jeremiah 5:21 ; Matthew 23:14 ; Proverbs 30:14 ;...
Amos 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To fail — Either to root them out, or to enslave them.

Amos 8:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 8:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 8:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 8:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 8:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 8:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 8:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 8:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 8:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 8:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 8:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 8:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 8:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 8:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 8:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 8:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 8:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 8:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes