[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

“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)

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

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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Footnotes

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