He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
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Gill's Exposition
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him,.... That hoards it up for a better price, in hopes of a better market; and does not bring it out, and expose it to sale, when there is a scarcity…
Barnes' Notes
In the early stages of commerce there seems no way of making money rapidly so sure as that of buying up grain in time of famine, waiting until the dearth presses heavily, and then selling at famine…
Matthew Henry
See here, 1. What use we are to make of the gifts of God's bounty; we must not hoard them up merely for our own advantage, that we may be enriched by them, but we must bring them forth for the benefit…
Cambridge Bible
withholdeth e.g. by keeping back his store in time of necessity to run up the price. See Amo 8:4-6, and comp. the legend of Bishop Hatto.