 | Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 556 pàgines
...want. " " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and Ihe Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat; making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying... | |
 | George Rapall Noyes - 1843 - 328 pàgines
...silence. 4 Hear this, ye that pant to oppress the needy, And to destroy the poor of the land. 5 That say, 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 heavy, And falsifying the balances for deceit ; 6 That we may... | |
 | 1843 - 444 pàgines
...with the tediousness of religion ; but their thoughts are all the time on earth. " When," they ask, " will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?" We can never " approve the things that are excellent," till the judgment has been enlightened, till... | |
 | John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw - 1843 - 538 pàgines
...Like the Jews, as it is mentioned by Amos, he says within himself, " When will the new moon begone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat V His thoughts, beloved, are in the ends of the earth, he makes the house of God a house of merchandise... | |
 | Winchester Cathedral - 1925 - 164 pàgines
...His service ', but ' it is a sorry thing to worship God with a grudging heart, to be for ever asking when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? It is quite possible that God may be asking a tithe of our time as well as a tithe of our money'.... | |
 | Cornelia Steketee Hulst - 1925 - 118 pàgines
...fail": "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. "Saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may sell wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great and falsifying the balances of deceit ?" The... | |
 | Cornelius Howard Patton, Walter Taylor Field - 1927 - 398 pàgines
...generation, they came to be known and expected by name, as, for instance, 'Old Ty's Corn Sermon.' (Amos 8:5; 'When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn ? ') With special ardor would the boys listen to this periodical discourse, because of its reference... | |
 | 1848 - 564 pàgines
...will also cause her mirth to cease, her feast days, her New Moons, and her Sabbaths — Hosea ii. 51. When will the New Moon be gone, that we may sell corn — Amos viii. 5. The Rabbies say that the New Moon is a festival particularly given to women, for... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Banking and Currency Committee - 1932 - 324 pàgines
...Isaiah. " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the epah. [the Hebrew bushel] small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency - 1932 - 324 pàgines
...Isaiah. " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the epab [the Hebrew bushel] small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?... | |
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat... 
