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Amos 8:5
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Amos 8:5
Contemporary English Version
5 You say to yourselves,
“How much longer before the end
of the New Moon Festival?
When will the Sabbath[a] be over?
Our wheat is ready,
and we want to sell it now.
We can't wait to cheat
and charge high prices
for the grain we sell.
We will use dishonest scales
Footnotes
- 8.5 New Moon Festival … Sabbath: Selling grain at these times was forbidden by the Law of Moses.
Ezekiel 33:31
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Ezekiel 33:31
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31 So they all come and listen to you, but they refuse to do what you tell them. They claim to be faithful, but they are forever trying to cheat others out of their money.
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