Pentecost Season · Proper 20 · Year C
Amos 8:4-7
Hear This, You Who Trample the Needy
September 24, 2028
Overview & Insights
"Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land." (Amos 8:4)
Amos condemns merchants who cannot wait for the Sabbath to end so they can resume cheating the poor with dishonest scales and inflated prices, declaring that the LORD will never forget such deeds.
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Commentary
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7 Working Preacher
Explains the dishonest business practices Amos condemns and why God will not forget them.
Amos 8:1-12 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Covers the wider vision of the summer fruit basket that this reading's verses sit inside.
Amos 8 Commentary: A Basket of Summer Fruit Enduring Word · David Guzik
Walks through the vision and the oracle against those who exploit the poor.
Amos 8:4 Commentaries BibleHub
Gathers several classic commentaries on the dishonest scales and small measures.
Amos 8 (Barnes' Notes) StudyLight
Offers Barnes' close reading of the oracle against exploitative merchants.
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