“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Amos 8 contains 14 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.