Amos 8:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ Instead of singing
in the temple,
    they will cry and weep.
Dead bodies will be everywhere.
    So keep silent!
I, the Lord, have spoken!”

⁴ You people crush those in need
    and wipe out the poor.
⁵ You say to yourselves,
“How much longer before the end
    of the New Moon Festival?
When will the Sabbath^[a] be over?
Our wheat is ready,
    and we want to sell it now.
We can't wait to cheat
and charge high prices
    for the grain we sell.
We will use dishonest scales