‘This is what the Lord [a]God says: “(A)Enough, you princes of Israel; get rid of (B)violence and destruction, and (C)practice justice and righteousness. Revoke your (D)evictions of My people,” declares the Lord God.

10 “You shall have (E)accurate balances, an accurate [b](F)ephah, and an accurate [c](G)bath.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 45:9 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a dry measure, about 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  3. Ezekiel 45:10 I.e., a liquid measure, about 6 gallons or 23 liters

“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have gone far enough, princes of Israel! Give up your violence and oppression(A) and do what is just and right.(B) Stop dispossessing my people, declares the Sovereign Lord. 10 You are to use accurate scales,(C) an accurate ephah[a](D) and an accurate bath.[b]

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  1. Ezekiel 45:10 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 bushel or about 22 liters.
  2. Ezekiel 45:10 A bath was a liquid measure equaling about 6 gallons or about 22 liters.

saying,

“When will the (A)new moon [a]be over,
So that we may sell grain;
And the (B)Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market,
To make the [b]ephah smaller and the [c]shekel bigger,
And to (C)cheat with dishonest scales,

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  1. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
  2. Amos 8:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  3. Amos 8:5 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm

saying,

“When will the New Moon(A) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(B) wheat?”(C)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(D) with dishonest scales,(E)

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