...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...

...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...

...: then shall he speak to them in wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.' Amos viii. I — V ' Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...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...

...might be preached to them the next Sabbath."— AcTs, xiii. 14, 15, 16.— 2?.— 42. ' ' Hear this, oh ye that 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 set forth wheat, making the ephah small,...

...implies that these were days of cessation from business : ' When,' he represents the greedy merchants as saying, ' when will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? ' and Hos. 21! [EV11] cites both new moon and Sabbath as...

...sureties of debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?" Amos 8, "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, — making the ephah small, and the shekel great (inflation), and falsifying the balances by deceit...

...said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord. 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth...

...of debts. If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?" 520 Amos 8, "Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fall, — making the ephah small, and the shekel great (inflation), and falsifying the balances by...

...who hoard foodstuffs,83 lend money on usury, reduce the measures, and raise prices, Scripture says "Saying: when will the new moon be gone that we may sell grain [the months passing and the stores being depleted, allowing us to sell at higher prices] and...

...old-time, good-time religion that the prophet Amos repudiated during the reign of Jeroboam II (ca. 765 BC): Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to...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...