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Amos 8:4-7

4Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085this, O ye that swallow upהַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםha.sho.'a.FimH7602the needyאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34,even to makeH7673the poorעֲנִיֵּיan.vei-H6035 H6041of the landאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776to failH7673,

5Sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559,When will the new moonהַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Cho.deshH2320be goneיַעֲבֹ֤רya.'a.VorH5674,that we may sellוְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהve.nash.Bi.rahH7666foodשֶּׁ֔בֶרShe.verH7668?and the sabbathוְהַשַּׁבָּ֖תve.hash.sha.BatH7676,that we may set forthוְנִפְתְּחָה־ve.nif.te.chah-H6605wheatבָּ֑רBarH1250,making the ephahאֵיפָה֙'ei.FahH374smallלְהַקְטִ֤יןle.hak.TinH6994,and the shekelשֶׁ֔קֶלShe.kelH8255greatוּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילu.le.hag.DilH1431,and falsifyingוּלְעַוֵּ֖תu.le.'a.VetH5791the balancesמֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.NeiH3976by deceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820?

6That we may buyלִקְנ֤וֹתlik.NotH7069the poorדַּלִּ֔יםda.LimH1800for silverבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701,and the needyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34for a pair of shoesנַעֲלָ֑יִםna.'a.La.yimH5275; yea,and sellנַשְׁבִּֽיר׃nash.BirH7666the refuseוּמַפַּ֥לu.ma.PalH4651of the wheatבַּ֖רbarH1250?

7Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hath swornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650by the excellencyבִּגְא֣וֹןbig.'onH1347of Jacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290,Surely I will neverלָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911any of their worksמַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.HemH4639.

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