4 Hear this, you who atrample the needy, even to cause the humble of the land to cease, 5 saying,
“When will the anew moon pass over,
So that we may sell grain,
And the bsabbath, that we may open the wheat market,
To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger,
And to ccheat with a deceptive balance,
6 So as to abuy the poor for money
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
7 Yahweh has asworn by the blofty pride of Jacob,
“Indeed, I will cnever forget any of their works.
8 Because of this will not the land atremble
And everyone who inhabits it bmourn?
Indeed, all of it will crise up like the Nile,
And it will be tossed about
And subside like the Nile of Egypt.
9 And it will be in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh,
“That I will make the asun go down at noon
And bmake the earth dark in broad daylight.
10 Then I will aoverturn your feasts into mourning
And all your songs into lamentation;
And I will bring up bsackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it clike a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.