saying,

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

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
  2. Amos 8:5 Lit ephah
  3. Amos 8:5 Lit balances of deception

31 They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their (A)mouth, and their heart goes after their (B)gain.

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