Amos 8:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
and destroy the poor of the land:
5 “When will the new moon be over,” you ask,
“that we may sell our grain,
And the sabbath,
that we may open the grain-bins?
We will diminish the ephah,[a]
add to the shekel,
and fix our scales for cheating!(A)
6 We will buy the destitute for silver,
and the poor for a pair of sandals;(B)
even the worthless grain we will sell!”
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