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?”

The Lord has (B)sworn by the (C)pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will (D)never forget any of their deeds.
Because of this will the land not (E)quake,
And everyone who lives in it (F)mourn?
Indeed, all of it will (G)rise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:6 Lit silver

buying the poor(A) with silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(B)

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

“Will not the land tremble(F) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.(G)

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