4. Hear this, you who trample on the needyto make the poor of the land fail,
5. saying, “When will the New Moon be over,so that we may sell grain?And the Sabbath,that we may open the wheat sales,making the ephah too small,and the shekel too heavy,cheating with dishonest scales,
6. that we may buy the poor for silver,the needy for a pair of sandals,and sell the refuse as wheat?”
7. The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
8. Will not the land tremble because of this,and everyone mourn who lives on it?It will all rise up like the Nile,and be tossed around, then sinklike the Nile of Egypt.
9. On that day, says the Lord God, I will make the sun go down at noon,and darken the earth in mid-daylight;