11 Therefore because you [a]impose heavy rent on the poor
And exact a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of well-hewn stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 5:11 Another reading is trample upon

So as to (A)buy the helpless for [a]money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:6 Lit silver