₄Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country. ₅You say to yourselves, “We can hardly wait for the holy days to be over so that we can sell our corn. When will the Sabbath end, so that we can start selling again? Then we can overcharge, use false measures, and tamper with the scales to cheat our customers. ₆We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find a poor person who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave.”

₇The LORD, the God of Israel, has sworn, “I will never forget their evil deeds.