4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy,And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:“When will the New Moon be past,That we may sell grain?And the Sabbath,That we may trade wheat?Making the ephah small and the shekel large,Falsifying the scales by deceit,
6 That we may buy the poor for silver,And the needy for a pair of sandals—Even sell the bad wheat?”
7 The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:“Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall the land not tremble for this,And everyone mourn who dwells in it?All of it shall swell like the River,Heave and subsideLike the River of Egypt.
9 “And it shall come to pass in that day,” says the Lord God,“That 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 mourning,And all your songs into lamentation;I will bring sackcloth on every waist,And baldness on every head;I will make it like mourning for an only son,And its end like a bitter day.