...thoughts about our worldly concerns are forbidden on the Sabbath. Amos viii. 5—" When will the new moons be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat 'f " G. That unnecessary conversation about our worldly aftairs is forbidden on the Sabbath. Isa. lviii....

...and in the bond of iniquity. Amos represents irreligious persons as saying, ' When will the new-moon whi ?' and in Malachi, we find this representation of their feelings towards the service of God, ' Ye said...

...land-mark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance. Prov. xxiii. 10. (5) Amos viii. 5.— Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Ps. xxxvii. 21. The wicked bonoweth, and payeth not again. (6) Luke.xvi. 11. If, therefore, ye have...

...fail, "Saying, when will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the Sabbath, that we may sell wheat, making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances of deceit?" The only hope that the Prophet holds out to the nation is in its purification : "Let Judgment...

...day, saith the Lord Jehovah. Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great,...

...moon is frequently spoken of in the same sense of sacreduess as the weekly Sabbath, as in Amos viii, 5 When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn? And the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? There exists the same authority for the observance of the new moon that there is for observing one...

...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...corn ? and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat ? ' and Hos. 21! [EV11] cites both new moon and Sabbath as festal seasons though of a different species...

...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...shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver; And the needy for a pair of shoes; Yea, and sell the refuse...

...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...

...avaricious merchants: Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, And destroy the poor of the land, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth corn? Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And...