That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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Gill's Exposition
That we may buy the poor for silver,.... Thus making them pay dear for their provisions, and using them in this fraudulent manner, by which they would not be able to support themselves and their…
Barnes' Notes
That we may buy - Or, indignantly, “To buy the poor!” literally, “the afflicted,” those in “low” estate. First, by dishonesty and oppression they gained their lands and goods. Then the poor were…
Adam Clarke
That we may buy the poor for silver - Buying their services for such a time, with just money enough to clear them from other creditors.
And the needy for a pair of shoes - See Amo 2:6.
And sell the…
God is here contending with proud oppressors, and showing them,
I. The heinousness of the sin they were guilty of; in short, they had the character of the unjust judge (Luk 18:2) that neither feared…
Cambridge Bible
The final issue of the rapacious conduct described in Amo 8:8 is that the poor are more and more impoverished, and, falling into debt, have in the end to sell themselves or their children as slaves…
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