Amos 8:3-5

Good News Translation

³ On that day the songs in the palace will become cries of mourning. There will be dead bodies everywhere. They will be cast out in silence.”^[a]

Israel's Doom

⁴ Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country. ⁵ You say to yourselves, “We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our grain. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and fix the scales to cheat our customers.