...the Lord. 8 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may...shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver; And the needy for a pair of shoes; Yea, and sell the refuse...

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...who hoard foodstuffs,83 lend money on usury, reduce the measures, and raise prices, Scripture says "Saying: when will the new moon be gone that we may sell grain [the months passing and the stores being depleted, allowing us to sell at higher prices] and...

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...avaricious merchants: Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, And destroy the poor of the land, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth corn? Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And...

...through the generations. Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy And destroy the poor of the land, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth corn, Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and...

...cedars and painted with vermilion,' or of the businessmen who say, 'When will the new moon be gone, so that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath that we may...making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and selling the refuse of the wheat?'"80 In place of his earlier outward-looking emphasis on addressing...

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