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Amos 8:6
New English Translation

6 We’re eager to trade silver for the poor,[a]
a pair of sandals[b] for the needy.
We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 8:6 tn Heb “to buy the poor for silver.”sn The expression trade silver for the poor refers to the slave trade.
  2. Amos 8:6 tn See the note on the word “sandals” in 2:6.
  3. Amos 8:6 tn Heb “The chaff of the grain we will sell.”
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