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Israel Is Doomed

The Lord said:

You people crush those in need
    and wipe out the poor.
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
    and mix dust in the grain.
Those who are needy and poor
    don't have any money.
We will make them our slaves
for the price
    of a pair of sandals.”

I, the Lord, won't forget
    any of this,
though you take great pride
    in your ancestor Jacob.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 8.5 New Moon Festival … Sabbath: Selling grain at these times was forbidden by the Law of Moses.
  2. 8.7 though … Jacob: Or “though I am the God that Jacob proudly worshiped.”

Hear this, you who trample the needy
    and do away with the poor(A) of the land,(B)

saying,

“When will the New Moon(C) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(D) wheat?”(E)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(F) with dishonest scales,(G)
buying the poor(H) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(I)

The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(J) “I will never forget(K) anything they have done.(L)

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