The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: AMO 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the
poor of the land to fail,
AMO 8:5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?
and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small,
and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
AMO 8:6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair
of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
AMO 8:7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will
never forget any of their works.
AMO 8:8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that
dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall
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