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Amos 8:3-5
Legacy Standard Bible

3 And they will (A)wail with the (B)songs of the palace in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh. “Many will be the (C)corpses; in every place [a]they will cast them forth [b]in silence.”

4 Hear this, you who [c](D)trample the needy, even to cause the humble of the land to cease, 5 saying,

“When will the (E)new moon pass over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the (F)sabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the [d]bushel smaller and the [e]shekel bigger,
And to (G)cheat with a deceptive balance,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Lit he has thrown
  2. Amos 8:3 Or —hush!
  3. Amos 8:4 Or snap at
  4. Amos 8:5 Lit ephah
  5. Amos 8:5 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
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