...are described as sunk in sensual pleasures, oppressing the poor, and despising the service of God. " Because they sold the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of shoes : That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And turn aside the way of the meek,...

...fourth and crowning sin is a combination of oppression, lewdness, drunkenness, and idolatry—" selling the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes ; " " a man and his father going in unto the same maid ; " and " drinking the wine of the condemned...

...see above, ver. 11, ' HE THAT HATH TWO COATS,' under ' by the prophet*.' — Am. ii. 6, ' Thus saiih may be 27 there for a witness against thee. For I...this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD ; under the gotpel:— Mt. vii. 12, § 19— 1 Co. vi. 7— 11. 7, 'Now therefore there is utterly a...

...grinding the face of the poor — as having their spoil in their houses. It accuses them of selling the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes. It says, they crushed the needy — that their treading was on the poor, that they took from them burdens...

...kept his commandments, but their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked ; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes ; because they oppressed the poor, and crushed the needy, but said to their masters, Bring, and let...

...being bound, or liable to maintain them, if afterwards thry should be unable to support themselves. I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." (Amos ii. 6.) " Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and...

...herdman, who feared God that " made the seven stars and Orion," and so was bold to rebuke the men that sold " the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes ? " Opinions ! " What were the " opinions " of Christ's mother —of Simeon, to whose spiritual discernment...

...herdsman of Tekoa, in language stern, abrupt, and rugged, denounces the judges of Israel in his day, " because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes." On the other hand, the good king Josiah, for his faithfulness and impartiality in the administration...

...with those which we heard of before ; only they are proclaimed with greater indignation. " They sell the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes ; they turn aside the way of the meek." Other gross moral abominations are attributed to them ; but...

...with those which we heard of before ; only they are proclaimed with greater indignation. " They sell the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes ; they turn aside the way of the meek." Other gross moral abominations are attributed to them ; but...