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Hearשִׁמְעוּthis,זֹאתyou who pant afterהַשֹּׁאֲפִיםthe needy,אֶבְיוֹןand seek to bring to an endוְלַשְׁבִּיתthe poorעֲנִיֵּיof the land,אָרֶץ
Amos 8:4
Study it in the app“Hear this, you who pant after the needy, and seek to bring to an end the poor of the land,”
Amos condemns those who rig the scales to take advantage of the poorJustice and mercy
With the Hebrew beneath
Amos 8:4, word by word
- Hearשִׁמְעוּshimu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appears- you who pant afterשֹּׁאֲפִיםshoafim
long for
To long for something eagerly.
Where else “shoafim” appears- the needyאֶבְיוֹןevyon
needy
Needy: one who depends on the help of others.
Where else “evyon” appears- and seek to bring to an endשְׁבִּיתshebit
put an end
To make something end, remove it.
Where else “shebit” appears- the poorעֲנִיֵּיaniye
poor, afflicted
Poor, afflicted: one who suffers need and has no one to defend him; also humble.
Where else “aniye” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
3And the songs of the temple will wail on that day, declares Adonai YHWH; many will be the corpses; in every place they will be thrown out. Silence!”
4 · This verse (above)
5saying, “When will the new moon be over, so that we may sell grain, and the Sabbath, so that we may open the stores of wheat, to make small the ephah and make great the shekel, and to falsify scales of deceit,