4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shown to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD to me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
8:4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land,
8:4Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
8:4Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
8:4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
8:4Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
8:4Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,