Charles Ellicott Commentary Amos 8:6
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Amos 8:6
1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Amos 8:6
1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE
"that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?" — Amos 8:6 (ASV)
On this perverse straining of the Law, compare to Amos 2:6. Their money-making propensity was carried to such unscrupulous lengths, that they even sold the refuse of corn, little better than mere chaff.