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Amos 8:3-5
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3 In that day, the songs of the palace shall turn to wailing,” says the Lord God. “There will be many dead bodies; in [sacred] silence they will throw them everywhere.”

4 Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land, 5 saying,

“When will the New Moon [festival] be over
So that we may sell grain,
And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market,
Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price]
And to cheat by falsifying the scales,

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Amos 8:3-5
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3 “In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “the songs in the temple will turn to wailing.[a](A) Many, many bodies—flung everywhere! Silence!(B)”

4 Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(C) of the land,(D)

5 saying,

“When will the New Moon(E) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(F) wheat?”(G)—
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(H) with dishonest scales,(I)

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  1. Amos 8:3 Or “the temple singers will wail
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