Amos 8:4-7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴ Hear this, you who trample upon the needy,
    and bring the poor of the land to an end,
⁵ saying, “When will the new moon be over,
    that we may sell grain?
And the sabbath,
    that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great,
    and deal deceitfully with false balances,
⁶ that we may buy the poor for silver
    and the needy for a pair of sandals,
    and sell the refuse of the wheat?”

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