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They have also (A)cast lots for My people,
[a](B)Traded a boy for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine that they may drink.

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  1. Joel 3:3 Lit Given

11 Therefore because you [a]impose heavy rent on the poor
And take a tribute of grain from them,
Though you have built (A)houses of cut stone,
Yet you will not live in them;
You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will (B)not drink their wine.
12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty,
You who (C)distress the righteous and take bribes
And [b]turn aside the needy in the [c]gate.

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  1. Amos 5:11 Or trample upon
  2. Amos 5:12 Lit they turn
  3. Amos 5:12 The place where court was held

So as to (A)buy the poor for [a]money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

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  1. Amos 8:6 Lit silver