6 in order to buy the needy for silverand the helpless for sandals,and sell garbage as grain?"
7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:Surely I will never forget what they have done.
8 Will not the land tremble on this account,and all who live in it mourn,as it rises and overflows like the Nile,and then falls again, like the River of Egypt?
9 On that day, says the Lord God,I will make the sun go down at noon,and I will darken the earth in broad daylight.
10 I will turn your feasts into sad affairsand all your singing into a funeral song;I will make people wear mourning clothesand shave their heads;I will make it like the loss of an only child,and the end of it like a bitter day.
11 The days are surely coming, says the Lord God,when I will send hunger and thirst on the land;neither a hunger for bread, nor a thirst for water,but of hearing the Lord ’s words.
12 They will wander from sea to sea,and from north to east;they will roam all around, seeking the Lord’s word,but they won’t find it.