“Justice will be served.” Amos 8:4-7
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Hear this, you who trample on the needy
and bring the poor of the land to an end,
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saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel[a] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
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that we may buy the poor for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and sell the chaff of the wheat?”
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The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
“Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
COLLECT OF THE DAY
O Lord, keep Your Church in Your perpetual mercy; and because without You we cannot but fall, preserve us from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable to our salvation; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen