Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
Amos — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 1. Sic ostendit mihi Dominus Jehova; et ecce corbis fructus aestivi (vel, canistrum.) Et dixit, Quid tu vides, Amos? 2. And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer…