Amos 8:3-5

English Standard Version

³^(A)The songs of the temple^[a] ^(B)shall become wailings^[b] in that day,”
declares the Lord God.
^(C)“So many dead bodies!”
“They are thrown everywhere!”
^(D)“Silence!”

⁴Hear this, ^(E)you who trample on the needy
    and bring the poor of the land to an end,
⁵saying, “When will ^(F)the new moon be over,
    that we may sell grain?
And ^(G)the Sabbath,
    that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make ^(H)the ephah small and the shekel^[c] great
    and deal deceitfully with false balances,

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Footnotes

Amos 8:3 Or palace
Amos 8:3 Or The singing women of the palace shall wail
Amos 8:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams