26 The people will curse (A)him who withholds grain,
But (B)blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.

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13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me,
And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

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Now Joseph was governor (A)over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and (B)bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.

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Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,

Saying:

“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And (A)the Sabbath,
That we may [b]trade wheat?
(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by (C)deceit,
That we may buy the poor for (D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:4 Or trample on, Amos 2:7
  2. Amos 8:5 Lit. open

24 (A)He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Him the people will curse;
Nations will abhor him.

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