Amo 5:11 | JFB | STEP | 11. burdens of wheat — burdensome taxes levied in kind from the wheat of the needy, to pamper the lusts of the great [HENDERSON ]. Or wheat advanced in time of scarcity, and exacted again at a burdensome interest [RABBI SALOMON ]. built houses . . . but not dwell in them . . . vineyards, . . . but not drink wine of them —according to the original prophecy of Moses ( ). The converse shall be true in restored Israel ( ).

Amos 5:11

11. burdens of wheat—burdensome taxes levied in kind from the wheat of the needy, to pamper the lusts of the great [HENDERSON]. Or wheat advanced in time of scarcity, and exacted again at a burdensome interest [RABBI SALOMON].

built houses . . . but not dwell in them . . . vineyards, . . . but not drink wine of them—according to the original prophecy of Moses (De 28:30, 38, 39). The converse shall be true in restored Israel (Am 9:14; Isa 65:21, 22).