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Amos 8:4-7

4Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085this, yethatpantaftertheneedyאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34,eventocausetofailthepoorofthelandאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776,

5sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,Whenמָתַ֞יma.TaiH4970willthenewהַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Cho.deshH2320moonH2320be gone,thatwemaysellוְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהve.nash.Bi.rahH7666corn?andthesabbathוְהַשַּׁבָּ֖תve.hash.sha.BatH7676,thatwemayset forthwheat? makingtheephahאֵיפָה֙'ei.FahH374smallלְהַקְטִ֤יןle.hak.TinH6994andtheshekelשֶׁ֔קֶלShe.kelH8255greatוּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילu.le.hag.DilH1431,andfalsifyingthebalancesfordeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820:

6thatwemaybuyלִקְנ֤וֹתlik.NotH7069thepoorforsilverבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701,andtheneedyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34forapairofshoes;andthatwemaysellנַשְׁבִּֽיר׃nash.BirH7666therefuseofthewheat.

7Jehovahhathswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650bythegloryofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,CertainlyIwillneverforgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911anyoftheirworksH4639.

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