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Amos 8:4-7

4Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085thisH2088, you whotrampleהַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםha.sho.'a.FimH7602the needyאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34,to putוְלַשְׁבִּ֖יתve.lash.BitH7673anH7673endH7673toH7673the humbleעֲנִיֵּיan.vei-H6041of the landאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776,

5sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, “Whenמָתַ֞יma.TaiH4970will thenewהַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Cho.deshH2320moonH2320beH5674overH5674,So that we may sellוְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהve.nash.Bi.rahH7666grainשֶּׁ֔בֶרShe.verH7668; And theSabbathוְהַשַּׁבָּ֖תve.hash.sha.BatH7676,so that we may openוְנִפְתְּחָה־ve.nif.te.chah-H6605the wheatבָּ֑רBarH1250market,To makeH6994theephahאֵיפָה֙'ei.FahH374smallerלְהַקְטִ֤יןle.hak.TinH6994and theshekelשֶׁ֔קֶלShe.kelH8255biggerוּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילu.le.hag.DilH1431, And tocheatוּלְעַוֵּ֖תu.le.'a.VetH5791with dishonestמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820scalesמֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.NeiH3976,

6So as tobuyלִקְנ֤וֹתlik.NotH7069the helplessדַּלִּ֔יםda.LimH1800formoneyבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701,And the needyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34for a pair of sandalsנַעֲלָ֑יִםna.'a.La.yimH5275, And thatwe may sellנַשְׁבִּֽיר׃nash.BirH7666the refuseוּמַפַּ֥לu.ma.PalH4651of the wheatבַּ֖רbarH1250?”

7The Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hasswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650by theprideבִּגְא֣וֹןbig.'onH1347of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, “IndeedH518, I willneverלָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachH518 H5331forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911anyכָּל־kol-H3605of their deedsמַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.HemH4639.

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