Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 8:5

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5. So greedy are they of unjust gain that they cannot spare a single day, however sacred, from pursuing it. They are strangers to God and enemies to themselves, who love market days better than sabbath days; and they who have lost piety will not long keep honesty. The new moons ( :- ) and sabbaths were to be kept without working or trading ( Nehemiah 10:31 ). set forth wheat —literally, "open out" stores of wheat for sale. ephah —containing three seahs, or above three pecks. making . . . small —making it below the just weight to purchasers. shekel great —taking from purchasers a greater weight of money than was due. Shekels used to be weighed out in payments ( Nehemiah 10:31- : ). Thus they committed a double fraud against the law ( Deuteronomy 25:13 ; Deuteronomy 25:14 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-amo-8-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/amo-8-5

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological