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and who are saying,
    ‘When will the New Moon fade
        so we may sell grain,
    and the Sabbath conclude[a]
        so we may market winnowed wheat?—
shortchanging the measure,[b]
    raising the price,
        falsifying the scales by treachery,
buying the poor for cash,[c]
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
        selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.’

“The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
    I will never forget anything they have done.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:5 The Heb. lacks conclude
  2. Amos 8:5 The Heb. ephah
  3. Amos 8:6 Lit. silver