 | David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...do them ; for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness ; saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may...shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? " Arc you not invariably dejected and distressed at the loss of property, but commonly at perfect... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 630 pages
...other high places, there shall be nothing but howlings and shriekings of those that are slain. VIII. 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may...ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the batances by deceit ? Saying, When shall we have done with these solemn feasts, wherein we are not allowed... | |
 | Joseph Belcher - 1837 - 444 pages
...message in like man. ner. Seventhly, it is an act very much in harmony with a passage of scripture : " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?" Amos viii. 5. THE WAY TO CONVERT THE WORLD.—" Where did you Jind those anxious souls'! said a pastor... | |
 | Christian life - 1837 - 250 pages
...nor find the continued adoption, in spirit and action at least, of the language of the prophet : " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" we should not then see the sacred repose of the sabbath converted into a rest of sloth and indolence... | |
 | Edward Stopford (bp. of Meath.) - 1837 - 282 pages
...rid of the sabbath, that they might break the eighth commandment : " When will the sabbath be gone, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small,...shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit." In this enumeration, the tenth commandment is not mentioned, because it was itself only a hedge and... | |
 | Elias Hiam Lindo - Calendar, Jewish - 1838 - 152 pages
...also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her New Moons, and her Sabbaths, Ac Hosea n. 11 When will the New Moon be gone, that we may sell corn. Amos vin. 5 Our Rabbis say, it is a festival particularly given to women, for their unwillingness to... | |
 | John Howie - 1839 - 606 pages
...displeasure.' Amos viii. I — V ' 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...falsifying the balances by deceit? that we may buy i lie poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ?... | |
 | James Grahame - Sunday - 1839 - 50 pages
...swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon begone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may...ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balanees by deeeit? That ye may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shocs ; yea, and... | |
 | Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 598 pages
...evening is shortened by retiring earlier than usual to rest. His language is that of the Jews of old: " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?"f To such ungrateful members of the visible Church, how affecting is the language of the Almighty... | |
 | Ferdinando Tracy Travell - 1841 - 338 pages
...even to make the poor of the land to fall; saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sett corn? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, (that is, selling by scanty measure, and demanding an exorbitant price,) and falsifying the balances... | |
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Saying, 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 great, and falsifying the balances by deceit... 
