Catholic Public Domain Version
"Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without."
— Amos 8:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”
“Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, ”
“Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,”
“Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.”
“Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,”
“Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,”
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”
These things the Lord has revealed to me. And behold, a hook to draw down fruit.
And he said, “What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A hook to draw down fruit.” And the Lord said to me, “The end has come for my people Israel. I will no longer pass through them.”
And the hinges of the temple will creak in that day, says the Lord God. Many will die. Silence will be thrown away in all places.
Hear this, you who crush the poor and who make those in need of land to do without.
You say, “When will the first day of the month be over, so we can sell our wares, and the Sabbath, so we can open the grain: in order that we may decrease the measure, and increase the price, and substitute deceitful scales,
in order that we may possess the destitute with money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell even the refuse of the grain?”
The Lord has sworn by the arrogance of Jacob: I will not forget, even to the end, all their works.