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Amos 8:4-7

4Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085this, O ye that swallowupהַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖יםha.sho.'a.FimH7602theneedyאֶבְי֑וֹן'ev.YonH34, even tomakeH7673thepoorעֲנִיֵּיan.vei-H6041 H6035of thelandאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776tofailH7673,

5Sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, When will the newmoonהַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ha.Cho.deshH2320begoneיַעֲבֹ֤רya.'a.VorH5674, that we maysellוְנַשְׁבִּ֣ירָהve.nash.Bi.rahH7666grainשֶּׁ֔בֶרShe.verH7668? and thesabbathוְהַשַּׁבָּ֖תve.hash.sha.BatH7676, that we may setforthוְנִפְתְּחָה־ve.nif.te.chah-H6605wheatבָּ֑רBarH1250, making theephahאֵיפָה֙'ei.FahH374smallלְהַקְטִ֤יןle.hak.TinH6994, and theshekelשֶׁ֔קֶלShe.kelH8255greatוּלְהַגְדִּ֣ילu.le.hag.DilH1431, andfalsifyingוּלְעַוֵּ֖תu.le.'a.VetH5791thebalancesמֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.NeiH3976bydeceitמִרְמָֽה׃mir.MahH4820?

6That we maybuyלִקְנ֤וֹתlik.NotH7069thepoorדַּלִּ֔יםda.LimH1800forsilverבַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ba.Ke.sefH3701, and theneedyוְאֶבְי֖וֹןve.'ev.YonH34for a pair ofshoesנַעֲלָ֑יִםna.'a.La.yimH5275; and evensellנַשְׁבִּֽיר׃nash.BirH7666therefuseוּמַפַּ֥לu.ma.PalH4651of thewheatבַּ֖רbarH1250?

7TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068hathswornנִשְׁבַּ֥עnish.Ba'H7650by theexcellencyבִּגְא֣וֹןbig.'onH1347ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, Surely I willneverלָנֶ֖צַחla.Ne.tzachH5331forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911any of theirworksמַעֲשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ma.'a.sei.HemH4639.

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