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The songs of the palace will become howls in that day.”
It is a declaration of my Lord Adonai.
“So many corpses flung everywhere! Hush!
Hear this, you who trample the poor,
destroying the afflicted of the land
saying: ‘When will the New Moon be over,
so we may sell grain?
Or Shabbat, so we may open the wheat market?
—Let’s reduce the ephah measure
    and increase the shekel,
    cheat with deceitful balances,

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“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