 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a...  Cobbett's Weekly Register - Page 773edited by - 1826Full view - About this book
 | 1789 - 640 pages
...will the new moon be gone, ih .1 < may fell corn : and the Sabbath, that we may fet forth wheat ? 6. THAT WE MAY BUY THE POOR FOR SILVER, AND THE NEEDY FOR A FAIR OF SHOES ? 7. Tlie Lord hath fworn by the excellency of Jacob, 1 will not forget any of their... | |
 | James Grahame - 1805 - 184 pages
...wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That ye may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair...of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat." — AMOS, viii. 4. 5. 6. " If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works, but will S call them to an account for them. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein ? and it, that is, destruction, shall rise up wholly as a flood ; or as the river ; and it shall be... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...for it by weight^ and making the shekel, by which you reckon that money, larger 6 than it should be : That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy...of shoes; [yea,] and sell the refuse of the wheat ? selling the worst commodities so dear, that the floor cannot furnish themselves with necessaries... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...weights, wherein the silver is weighed, great and heavy; and falsifying the balances by deceit. VIII. 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; and sell thi refuse of the wheat ? That we mav cause the poor to sell themselves to our servitude,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1809 - 592 pages
...that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That We may buy the poor for silver, and...pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ? The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works." Amos... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...fail. The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob) Surely I will never forget any of their works. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein ? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood ; ami it shall be cast oat and drowned as by the flood of... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1810 - 326 pages
...swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail; falsifying the balances by deceit, to buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat. The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy the poor for silver, and...pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ? The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works." To... | |
 | John Buckworth - 1812 - 340 pages
...deceit? The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, surely I will not forget any of their works. Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein ? And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation, and the • PfolmLver.iS,... | |
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