Text -- Amos 8:6 (NET)

8:6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Amo 8:6

¹ tn Heb “to buy the poor for silver.”

sn The expression trade silver for the poor refers to the slave trade.

² tn See the note on the word “sandals” in 2:6.

³ tn Heb “The chaff of the grain we will sell.”