Amos 8:6

Amos 8:6 in other translations

What does Amos 8:6 mean?

Amos 8:6 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Amos 8:6

• Amos 2:6

  Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

• Joel 3:6

  The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.

• Joel 3:3

  And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

• Leviticus 25:39-42

  And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

• Amos 8:4

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

• Nehemiah 5:1-5

  And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. …

• Nehemiah 5:8

  And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

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Context

• Amos 8:5

  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?

• Amos 8:6

  That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

• Amos 8:7

  The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

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