Amos 8:4-7

4Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,

5Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,

6That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?”

7The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: “Surely I will never forget any of their works.