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Amos 8:3-5
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3 “On that day the ·palace [or temple] songs will become ·funeral songs [L wailing],” says the Lord God. “·There will be dead bodies [L Many bodies/corpses] thrown everywhere! ·Silence! [or …and carried out in silence.]”

4 Listen to me, you who ·walk on helpless people [trample the needy],
    you who are trying to ·destroy [do away with] the poor people of this country, saying,
5 “When will the New Moon festival be over
    so we can sell grain?
When will the Sabbath be over
    so we can bring out wheat to sell?
We can ·give them less [L make the ephah small; C a unit of dry measure]
    and ·charge them more [L the shekel great; C a unit of money],
    and we can change the scales to cheat the people.

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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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