Amos 8:5
saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;Amos 8:5 · WEB
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- ગુજરાતી — આમોસ ૮:૫
- તેઓ કહે છે કે, ક્યારે ચંદ્રદર્શન પૂરું થાય, અને અમે અનાજ વેચીએ? અને વિશ્રામવાર ક્યારે ઊતરે કે અમે ઘઉં ખુલ્લાં મૂકીએ? અને એફાહ નાનો રાખી, અને શેકેલ મોટો રાખીને, તેને ખોટાં ત્રાજવાં, અને કાટલાંથી છેતરપિંડી કરીએ,
- हिन्दी — आमोस ८:५
- जो कहते हो, “नया चाँद कब बीतेगा कि हम अन्न बेच सके? और विश्रामदिन कब बीतेगा, कि हम अन्न के खत्ते खोलकर एपा को छोटा और शेकेल को भारी कर दें, छल के तराजू से धोखा दे,
In context
3The songs of the temple will be wailing in that day,” says the Lord GOD. “The dead bodies will be many. In every place they will throw them out with silence.
4Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
5saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”
7The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Surely I will never forget any of their works.
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