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Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 8:4 · American Standard Version
Amos 8:4 in other translations
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
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In context
1 Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said Jehovah unto me, The end is come upon my people Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
6 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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