[a]The (A)songs of the palace will turn to (B)wailing on that day,” declares the Lord God. “The (C)corpses will be many; in every place [b]they will throw them out. [c]Hush!”

Hear this, you who [d](D)trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land, saying,

“When will the (E)new moon [e]be over,
So that we may sell grain;
And the (F)Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market,
To make the [f]ephah smaller and the [g]shekel bigger,
And to (G)cheat with dishonest scales,

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:3 Lit They will howl the palace songs
  2. Amos 8:3 Lit he has thrown
  3. Amos 8:3 An order for sacred silence
  4. Amos 8:4 Or snap at
  5. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
  6. Amos 8:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  7. Amos 8:5 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm

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