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You merchants say,
    “When will the New Moon be over so that we can sell grain?
When will the Sabbath be over
    so that we can bring out more wheat to sell?
We can raise the price
    and make the measure smaller.[a]
We can fix the scales
    and cheat the people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:5 We … smaller Literally, “We will make the ephah small and the shekel large.”
  2. Amos 8:5 We … people Literally, “Cheat with lying balances.”

31 So they come to you as if they were my people. They sit in front of you as if they were my people. They hear your words, but they will not do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.

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