Catholic Public Domain Version
"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?” "
— Amos 8:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat? ”
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"”
“We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!””
“That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?”
“Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.”
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
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.
Will not the earth shudder over this, and all its inhabitants mourn, and all rise up like a river, and be cast out, and flow away like the river of Egypt?
And it will be in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will decline at midday, and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.