Amos 8:4

Translations

Modern

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Traditional

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

Literal

Hear this, those swallowing up the needy and causing to cease the poor of the land,

Latin

Audite hoc, qui conteritis pauperem, et deficere facitis egenos terræ,

Original

Hebrew

English

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Notes

Amos 8:4–14

This section provides more details on the accusations and decisions mentioned earlier (read with Amos 2:6–6:14).

Amos 7:1–9:10

This section contains five visions. It is helpful to compare how these visions develop with the judgments listed earlier in Amos 4:6–11.

The judgments listed there include:

famine,
drought,
destruction of crops,
plagues, and
widespread destruction.

Theme notes and profiles

Concern for the Poor

Events

Prophecies of Amosc. 788 BC

Related verses

Proverbs 30:14
…there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Psalm 14:4
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
Isaiah 32:6–7
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
Psalm 12:5
“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Amos 2:6–7
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
Jeremiah 5:21
“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Glossary

Alms Apocalyptic Beggar Book of Amos Neighbor Prophecy Riches

Topics

Oppression: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Poor: Oppressions of Visions: To Amos

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