Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,
Amos 8:4
Surrounding context
8:3 And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day," Says the Lord GOD-- "Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence."
8:4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail,
8:5 Saying: "When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,