Amos 8:4

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.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 whic...
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 f...
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....
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 hav...
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...
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.
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 hatin...
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 ), thre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

To make the poor of the land to fail ] i.e. to exterminate those who are in lowly circumstances. 'They make a solitude and call it peace.' 5 . The...
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 it...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? Amos 8:4-9 WE now enter the Third Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 7-9. As we have already treated the first part of...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1. EARTHQUAKE, ECLIPSE, AND FAMINE Amos 8:4-14 "Hear this, ye who trample the needy, and would put an end to the lowly of the land, saying, Whe...
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....
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...
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 bu...
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 swall...
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...
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 mer...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. B. C. 785....
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 r...
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 visi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reason For The Judgment ( Amos 8:4-7 ). One reason for this judgment is now clearly stated (we have already been told, and will be told again,...
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...
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...
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...
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. Explai...
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 poo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Last Admonition of the Lord
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 ; J...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁴ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

Related Commentaries of Amos 8:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 8:4