Амос 8:6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Context
This verse from Амос Chapter 8 connects to 9 cross-references. The vision of a basket of summer fruit announces the end has come for Israel. Their commercial fraudsters cannot wait for the sabbath to end so they can sell grain with deceitful scales. God will turn their feasts into mourning …
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that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
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.
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