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Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 8:4 · Webster Bible
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 hath the Lord GOD shown to 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 the LORD to me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellence of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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