Amos 8:4 “Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the…”

Amos 8:4

Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

World English Bible

Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

American Standard Version

Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,

Darby Translation

Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

Young's Literal Translation

Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

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Cross references

“Hear”

1 Kings 22:19 Jeremiah 5:21 Amos 7:16 Isaiah 1:10 Isaiah 28:14 Jeremiah 28:15

1 Kings 22:19 · BSB

Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.

Jeremiah 5:21 · BSB

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Amos 7:16 · BSB

Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

Isaiah 1:10 · BSB

Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Isaiah 28:14 · BSB

Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 28:15 · BSB

Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.

“swallow”

Proverbs 30:14 Amos 5:11 Psalm 14:4 Psalm 12:5 Psalm 140:12 James 5:6

Proverbs 30:14 · BSB

there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.

Amos 5:11 · BSB

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

Psalm 14:4 · BSB

Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.

Psalm 12:5 · BSB

“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”

Psalm 140:12 · BSB

I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

James 5:6 · BSB

You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.

Also

Matthew 23:13

Matthew 23:13 · BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”

5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.

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